Classes are on T TH 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM in Lewis Room 228
Past classes:
- 01/23/2014 - Introduction. Optical radiation. [Textbook chapter 1].
- 01/30/2014 - Atmospheric opacity. Blackbody radiation. [Textbook section 2.1].
- 02/04/2014 - Magnitudes. Spectroscopy. Distance ladder. [Textbook section 2.2].
- 02/06/2014 - HR diagram. A first look to the equations of stellar structure. [Textbook sections 2.3, 3.1].
- 02/13/2014 - Hydrostatic equilibrium, virial theorem and mass continuity. [Textbook sections 3.1-3.2].
- 02/18/2014 - Energy transport in stars. Closing on the equations of stellar structure. [Textbook sections 3.3-3.5].
- 02/20/2014 - Equation of state, opacity and scaling relations. [Textbook sections 3.6-3.8].
- 02/25/2014 - Standard model of particles and nuclear reactions in stars. [Textbook sections 3.9].
- 02/27/2014 - Energy production in stars. Evolution of stars during the main sequence phase. [Textbook sections 3.9-3.11].
- 03/04/2014 - Evolution of stars past the main sequence. [Textbook sections 4.1-4.2].
- 03/06/2014 - Equation of state of degenerate matter. [Textbook section 4.2].
- 03/11/2014 - White dwarfs. Chandrasekar mass. [Textbook section 4.2].
- 03/13/2014 - Cooling of white dwarfs. Supernovae. [Textbook section 4.2].
- 03/25/2014 - Neutron stars. [Textbook section 4.3].
- 03/27/2014 - Pulsars. [Textbook section 4.4].
- 04/01/2014 - Black holes. [Textbook section 4.5].
- 04/03/2014 - Binary star systems and accretion disks. [Textbook section 4.6].
- 04/08/2014 - Star formation. Interstellar medium. [Textbook chapter 5]
- 04/10/2014 - The Milky way. Gravitational lenses. [Textbook section 6.1].
- 04/15/2014 - Other galaxies. The large scale structure of the universe. Olbers paradox. [Textbook sections 6.2-6.4, 7.1].
- 04/17/2014 - Observational cosmology. Hubble's law. A first look at the geometry of the universe. [Textbook sections 7.2-7.5,8.1].
- 04/22/2014 - The Friedmann-Roberston-Walker metric. Friedmann equations. [Textbook sections 8.1-8.2].
- 04/24/2014 - Solutions of the Friedmann equations. Dark energy and inflation. [Textbook sections 8.3-8.5].
- 04/29/2014 - Observational cosmology. [Textbook sections 9.1-9.2].
Next class:
04/29/2014 - Cosmological redshift. Past history of the universe. [Textbook sections 9.1-9.4].
