Black Holes and Cosmic Catastrophes
Tuesday, March 31st |
General introduction to the course. The scale of the universe and our place in it. Reading (TCP, Ch. 1) |
Thursday, April 2nd |
Motion, force, & energy. Reading (TCP, Ch. 4) |
Tuesday, April 7th |
Gravity! Reading (TCP, Ch. 4) |
Thursday, April 9th |
Light and Thermal Radiation. Reading (TCP, Ch. 5) |
Tuesday, April 14th |
Matter and Energy Levels. Reading (TCP, Ch. 5) |
Thursday, April 16th |
The Sun. Reading (TCP, Ch. 14) |
Tuesday, April 21st |
Properties of stars. Reading (TCP, Ch. 15) |
Thursday, April 23rd |
More Properties of Stars, Star Clusters. Reading (TCP, Ch. 15) |
Tuesday, April 28th |
Midterm Exam in class
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Thursday, April 30th |
Evolution of Low- and High-mass Stars. Reading (TCP, Ch. 17) |
Tuesday, May 5th |
End states of stars. Reading (TCP, Ch. 18, S4) |
Thursday, May 7th |
More End States of Stars, Supernova Explosions. Reading (TCP, Ch. 17, 18) |
Tuesday, May 12th |
Pulsars, Black Holes Reading (TCP, Ch. 18) |
Thursday, May 14th |
Special relativity Reading (TCP, Ch. S2) |
Tuesday, May 19th |
General Relativity and Black Holes. Reading (TCP, Ch. S3) |
Thursday, May 21st |
AGNs, QSOs, and Supermassive Black Holes. Reading (TCP, Ch. 20, 21) |
Tuesday, May 26th |
Gravity in our own Milky Way. Reading (TCP, Ch. 19) |
Thursday, May 28th |
The Galactic Center; Galaxies and the Distance Ladder. Reading (TCP, Ch. 19, 20) |
Tuesday, June 2nd |
The Expansion of the Universe. Reading (TCP, Ch. 20, 23) |
Thursday, June 4th |
Dark Matter, Dark Energy, the Origin and Fate of the Universe. Reading (TCP, Ch. 22, 23) |
Monday, June 8th |
Final Exam
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