Part I: An Astronomical Framework |
| Week | # | Date | Lecture | Reading & Quizzes |
| 1 |
1 | W, Jan 24 |
Introduction & Tour of the Cosmos |
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| 2 |
2 | M, Jan 29 |
History: From heresy to gravity |
| Text: | Ch. 2 (all), Ch.16 MP*16-1 |
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| 3 | W, Jan 31 | Particles, waves, blackbodies, and
lines [alt] |
| Text: | Ch. 3 (all) |
| Quiz #1 in Discussion: Sec 304-307, 311, 312 |
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| 3 |
4 | M, Feb 5 | Cosmic chemistry [alt] |
| Text: | Ch. 4 (all) |
| Quiz #1 in Discussion: Sec 301-303, 308-310 |
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| 5 | W, Feb 7 | Light buckets [alt] |
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| 4 |
6 | M, Feb 12 | Sol |
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| 7 | W, Feb 14 |
Stellar Types |
| Text: | Ch. 17 (all), Ch. 1.6, MP*1-1,1-2 |
| Quiz #2 in Discussion: Sec 304-307, 311, 312 |
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| 5 |
8 | M, Feb 19 |
The Physical Properties of Stars |
| Text: | Chs. 17 (all) |
| Quiz #2 in Discussion: Sec 301-303, 308-310 |
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| | W, Feb 21 |
First Exam : Lectures 1-8 |
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Part II: From Stars to Quasars |
| Week | # | Date | Lecture |
Reading & Quizzes |
| 6 |
10 | M, Feb 26 |
Star: Environs and Formation |
| Text: | Chs. 18 and 19 (all) |
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| 11 | W, Feb 28 |
Stellar guts |
| Text: | Chs. 16.1-16.3, 20.1-20.3, MP*16-1,16-2 |
| Web: | Assignment #4 |
| Quiz #3 in Discussion: Sec 304-307, 311, 312 |
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| 7 |
12 | M, Mar 5 |
Aging gracefully |
| Text: | Ch. 20 (all), Ch. 21.1 |
| Quiz #3 in Discussion: 301-303, 308-310 |
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| 13 | W, Mar 7 |
End game I: Explosion |
| Text: | Ch. 21 (all) |
| Web: | Assignment #5 |
| Quiz #4 in Discussion: Sec 304-307, 311, 312 |
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| 8 |
14 | M, Mar 12 |
End game II: Collapse |
| Text: | Ch. 22 (all) |
| Quiz #4 in Discussion: Sec 301-303, 308-310 |
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| 18 | W, Mar 14 |
Giant black holes |
| Text: | Chs. 22.5-22.8, 24.4-24.5 |
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| 9 |
15 | M, Mar 19 |
The Milky Way: Spatial Structure |
| Text: | Ch. 23.1-23.4, 23.7 |
| Quiz #5 in Discussion: Sec 304-307, 311, 312 |
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17 | W, Mar 21 |
Stellar Populations and
The galaxy manifold |
| Text: | Ch. 23 (all) |
| Quiz #5 in Discussion: 301-303, 308-310 |
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| 10 |
| M, Apr 2 |
Second Exam: Lectures 10-18 | review |
Part III: Cosmology |
| Week | # | Date | Lecture |
Reading & Quizzes |
| 10 |
22 | W, Apr 4 | Rotation, mass and interaction |
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| 11 |
23
19 | M, Apr 9 | Formation & evolution
Quasars: Evolution or revelation? |
| Text: | Ch. 23.4, 25.3-25.4 |
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| 24 | W, Apr 11 | Hubble's bubble and cosmic spikes |
| Text: | Ch. 24.2-24.3, MP*24-1, 25 (all), 26.1-26.2 |
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| 12 |
25 | M, Apr 16 | Is the expansion real? |
| Text: | Ch. 26 (all) |
| Quiz #6 in Discussion |
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| 26 | W, Apr 18 | Big Bang or Steady State? |
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| 13 |
27 | M, Apr 23 | Open, closed, or critical? |
| Text: | Ch. 26 (all) |
| Quiz #7 in Discussion |
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| 28 | W, Apr 25 | The early universe |
| Text: | Ch. 27 (all) |
| Quiz #7 in Discussion |
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| 14 |
29 | M, Apr 30 | The meta-universe |
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| | W, May 2 |
Third Exam: Lectures 22-29 | |
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