Spring
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Dates
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Topic
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Reading
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Homework
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1/20 T
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Structure of the
Milky Way, Luminosity functions
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6.1, 6.1.1
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6.1 due 1/22
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| 1/22 R |
Gravitational
lensing and dark matter, MOND
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6.1.2-5
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6.3 due 1/27
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1/27 T
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Galaxy
demographics |
6.2
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6.4 due 1/29
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1/29 R
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Active
galactic nuclei and quasars |
6.3
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6.7 due 2/3
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2/3 T
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M-sigma relation
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AGN growth problem |
2/5 R
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Groups
and clusters of galaxies |
6.4
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6.6 due 2/10
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2/10 T
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Olbers
paradox, Isotropy of the Universe, Extragalactic distances |
7.1, 7.5, 7.2 |
7.1 due 2/12
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2/12 R
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Hubble’s
law, Age of the Universe
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7.3, 7.4
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7.2 due 2/17
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2/17 T
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Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect
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7.3 due 2/19
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2/19 R
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Review |
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2/24 T
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Exam #1 |
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2/26 R
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Friedmann-Robertson-Walker metric and tensors
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8.1
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Light travel in FRW due 3/3
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3/3 T
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Einstein and
Friedmann equations |
8.2 |
Expanding universe due 3/5
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3/5 R
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History and future of the
Universe |
8.3 |
8.1 due 3/10
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3/10 T
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Newtonian Derivation
of the Friedmann equations |
8.4 |
8.2 due 3/12
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3/12 R
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Dark energy and
the accelerating Universe |
8.5
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8.3 due 3/24
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3/17-19
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Spring break
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3/24 T
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Dark energy
equation of state |
8.5
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(next time move problems earlier)
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3/26 R
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Cosmological
redshift and Hubble’s law |
9.1
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8.5 due 3/31 |
3/31 T
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Cosmic microwave
background |
9.2 |
9.2 due 4/2 |
4/2 R
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Fluctuations in the
microwave background |
9.3 |
9.3 due 4/7 |
4/7 T
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Nucleosynthesis of
the light elements (do 9.9 in class)
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9.4 |
9.4 due 4/9 |
4/9 R
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Quasars as
cosmological probes and galaxies at high redshift
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9.5 |
9.5 and 9.6 due 4/14
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4/14 T
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More galaxies at
high redshift
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9.7 due 4/16
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4/16 R
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Background radiation
and the universe at high redshift |
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9.8 due 4/21
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4/21 T
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continued
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9.10 due 4/23
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4/23 R
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Review |
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9.11 due 4/28
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4/28 T
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More review
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4/30 R
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Exam #2
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5/5 T
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Review
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5/7 R
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Who wants to be a millionaire astronomer
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