| Unit #3 |
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| Dates |
Topic |
Reading |
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| 4/1 F |
Life
in
the
Universe |
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| 4/4 M |
Jets and Intermediate Mass Black Holes | ||
| 4/6 W |
Galaxy clusters | 22.1, 22.3, 20.2, 3.4 | |
| 4/8 F |
Cosmology
and
Geometry |
23.1-3 |
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| 4/11 M |
The
Big
Bang |
23.3 |
HW #9 is due |
| 4/13 W |
Cosmological
models pdf |
23.5, 24.1-24.2 |
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| 4/15F |
continued | ||
| 4/18 M |
BBN
+
Inflation |
24.3-24.4 |
HW #10 is due |
| 4/20 W |
Gamma-ray
bursts
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| 4/22 |
continued | ||
| 4/25 |
Review |
HW #11 is due | |
| 4/27 |
Exam #3 | ||
| 4/29 |
More
gamma-ray bursts |
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| 5/2 |
continued |
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| 5/4 |
Laboratory Project
Presentations
in 309 VAN |
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| 5/6 |
Review |
HW #12
is due |
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| Unit #2 |
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| Dates |
Topic
|
Reading
|
Homework |
| 2/25 F |
The Milky Way | 19.1-19.2, 19.7 |
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| 2/28 M |
continued |
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| 3/2 W |
continued | |
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| 3/4 F |
Galaxies | 20.1-20.5 | |
| 3/7 M |
continued | |
HW #6 is due |
| 3/9 W |
White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars | 18.1-18.2 |
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| 3/11 F |
Relativity |
23.3 |
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| 3/14-18 |
Spring Break |
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| 3/21 M |
continued |
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| 3/23 W |
Black holes | 18.3 | HW #7 is due |
| 3/25 F |
Active Galactic Nuclei | 21.1-21.3 | |
| 3/28 M |
Review |
HW #8 is due | |
| 3/30 W |
Exam #2 |
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| Unit #1 |
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| Dates |
Topic |
Reading |
Homework |
| 1/19 W |
Scale
of
the Universe in space,
time, and motion |
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| 1/21 F |
Scientific
method,
night sky, parallax, angular size |
2.6.2, 13.1, 13.4 |
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| 1/24 M |
The Sun | 14.1, 15.1-4, 7.1-2 |
HW #1 is due |
| 1/26 W |
continued | |
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| 1/28 F |
watch Mythbusters for
homework #1 |
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| 1/31 M |
Stars | 13.2-6, 14.2-4 |
HW #2 is due |
| 2/2 W |
snow
day |
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| 2/4 F |
continued |
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| 2/7 M |
continued | 16.1-2, 17.1, 5.7 | HW #3 is due |
| 2/9 W |
Formation of Stars | |
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| 2/11 F |
continued |
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| 2/14 M |
Stellar Evolution | 18.1, 17.2-3 | HW #4 is due |
| 2/16 W |
continued | ||
| 2/18 F |
continued |
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| 2/21 M |
Review |
HW #5 is due | |
| 2/23 W |
Exam #1 |
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