| Unit #3 |
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| Dates |
Topic |
Reading |
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| 4/7 M |
Galaxy clusters | 22.1, 22.3, 20.2, 3.4 | |
| 4/8 T | Lab - Research project work day | ||
| 4/9 W | Cosmology and Geometry | 23.1-3 | |
| 4/11 F | The Big Bang | 23.3 | |
| 4/14 M |
Cosmological models |
23.5, 24.1-24.2 | HW #10 is due |
| 4/15 T |
Lab - Observing trip or Research project work day | ||
| 4/16 W | continued | |
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| 4/18 F | BBN + Inflation | 24.3-24.4 | |
| 4/21 M | Gamma-ray bursts | HW #11 is due | |
| 4/22 T |
Lab - Observing trip or Research project work day | ||
| 4/23 W | More on Gamma-ray bursts | |
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| 4/25 F | Review | |
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| 4/28 M | Early
black holes |
HW 12
solutions |
HW #12 is due |
| 4/29 T |
Lab - Research project work day | ||
| 4/30 W |
Review |
1a, 2b, 3c, 4c, 5a, 6c, 7a, 8a, 9d |
HW #13 is due |
| 5/2 F |
Exam #3 | ||
| 5/5 M |
No class |
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| 5/6 T |
Laboratory Project Presentations | ||
| 5/7 W | Review - Millionaire game |
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| 5/9 F |
No class | ||
| Unit #2 |
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| Dates |
Topic
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Reading
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Homework |
| 2/24 M | The Milky Way | 19.1-19.2, 19.7 | |
| 2/25 T | Lab - Complete write-up of Eclipsing Binary Stars | ||
| 2/26 W |
Milky Way continued | ||
| 2/28 F |
Milky Way continued |
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| 3/3 M |
Galaxies | 20.1-20.5 | HW #6 is due |
| 3/4 T |
Lab - Start research project | ||
| 3/5 W |
Galaxies continued | |
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| 3/7 F |
White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars | 18.1-18.2 | |
| 3/10 M |
Relativity | 23.3 | HW #7 is due |
| 3/11 T |
Lab - Research project work day | ||
| 3/12 W |
Relativity continued | ||
| 3/14 F |
Black holes | 18.3 | |
| 3/17-21 |
Spring Break | |
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| 3/24 M |
Active Galactic Nuclei | 21.1-21.3 | HW #8 is due |
| 3/25 T |
Lab - Astronomical
Redshifts |
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| 3/26 W |
Jets and Intermediate Mass Black Holes | ||
| 3/28 F |
Exam #2 | Solution
for HW #9 |
HW #9 is not due |
| 3/31 M | Flaring Stars |
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| 4/1 T |
Lab - Research project work day |
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| 4/2 W | Research project work day (class meets in 655 VAN) | ||
| 4/4 F | "The design of the universe" by George Smoot | |
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| Extra credit due by 4/11 | |||
| Unit #1 |
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| Dates |
Topic |
Reading |
Homework |
| 1/21 T |
No Lab |
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| 1/22 W |
Scales
of
the Universe in space, time, and motion |
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| 1/24 F |
Night
sky |
1.1-1.5 |
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| 1/27 M |
Parallax, angular size Scientific method | 2.6.2, 13.1, 13.4 | HW #1 is due |
| 1/28 T |
Lab - Introduction
to Image Analysis |
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| 1/29 W |
Stars: flux, luminosity, color, and temperature | 13.2, 13.3, 5.7 | |
| 1/31 F |
Stars: radius and mass | 13.4, 13.5 | |
| 2/3 M |
Stars: the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram | 13.6, 14.2-14.4 | HW #2 is due |
| 2/4 T |
Lab - Stellar
Photometry |
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| 2/5 W |
Light,
colors, spectral lines |
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| 2/7 F |
Main sequence stars Random walk | 15.1-15.4 | |
| 2/10 M |
Formation of Stars | 16.1-2, 17.1 | HW #3 is due |
| 2/11 T |
Lab - Eclipsing Binary Stars | ||
| 2/12 W |
Formation of Stars continued | |
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| 2/14 F |
Stellar Evolution | 18.1, 17.2-3 | |
| 2/17 M |
Stellar evolution continued |
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HW #4 is due |
| 2/18 T |
Lab - Exoplanet
Discovery |
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| 2/19 W |
Review |
HW #5 is due | |
| 2/21 F |
Exam #1 (Equation sheet) |
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| Extra credit due by 3/3 |
EC #1 EC #2 | ||