MTWTF 3:00-4:15 Watson A48
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Syllabus Summer 2018 |
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| ''Galaxies and the Universe'' Prof. Jeff Kenney MTWTF 3:00-4:15 Watson A48 |
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LECTURE | HW | READING (8th/9th eds) click for 10th ed |
ONLINE ACTIVITY (10th ed)
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| Mon 5/28 |
1. Our Location in Space and Time |
Preface, Ch. 1, Ch. 2 | An 1-1, 1-2, 1-3 | |||||||
| Tues 5/29 |
2. Gravity and Newton's Laws |
Ch 3 sec 6, Ch. 4 sec 3,4,5,6,7 | An 4-6,4-7, 7-1 | |||||||
| Wed 5/30 |
3. Nearly All the Clues Come From Light | HW1 due |
Ch. 5 sec 1,2,5; Ch 6 sec 7 |
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| Thurs 5/31 |
4. Blackbody Radiation |
Ch. 5 sec 3,4 | An 5-3 | |||||||
| Fri 6/1 |
5. Light and Atoms | HW2 due |
Ch. 5 sec 6,7,8 |
An 5-1, 5-2 | ||||||
| Mon 6/4 |
6. What is a Star? & The Energy Source of Stars |
Ch. 16 sec 1,2,5,6,7 |
An 16-1 | |||||||
| Tues 6/5 |
7. The Masses and Lifetimes of Stars |
Ch. 17 sec 4-9, Box 19-2 | An 19-1, 20-1 | |||||||
| Wed 6/6 |
8. Life Cycles of Stars & Importance of Massive Stars | Ch. 18 sec 0 (stuff before sec 1); Ch 19 sec 1,2,3,4; | An 18-4, 20-3, 20-4, 20-5, 20-8, 22-2 | |||||||
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| Ch 20 sec 1-7 | |||||||||
| Thurs 6/7 |
9. Measuring Distances in the Universe | HW3 due |
Ch. 17 s1,2; Ch 19 sec5,6; | An 17-1, 17-2 | ||||||
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Ch 24 sec4, Box 24-1
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| Fri 6/8 |
10. The Discovery of the Milky Way Galaxy |
Ch 23 sec 1,2 |
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| Mon 6/11 |
11. Varieties of Galaxies | HW4 due |
Ch. 24 sec 1,2,3 |
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| Tues 6/12 |
12. Motions of Stars and Gas in Galaxies & Doppler Shift |
Ch 5 sec 9; Ch 23 sec 3 | An 23-6 | |||||||
| Wed 6/13 | 13. Dark Matter in Galaxies |
Ch 23 sec 4,5 |
An 7-1 | |||||||
| Thurs 6/14 |
14. Clusters, Superclusters & Galaxy Interactions |
HW5 due | Ch 24 sec 6,7,8 | An 23-1,2,3,4,5,7,8 | ||||||
| Fri 6/15 |
15. Relativity & Supermassive Black Holes I
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Ch 22-1; Box 22-1; Box 22-2 Ch 23 sec 6 |
An 4-7, An 22-1, Vid 22-2 | |||||||
| Sun 6/17 | MIDTERM EXAM | |||||||||
| Mon 6/18 | MIDTERM EXAM | |||||||||
| Mon 6/18 |
16. Relativity & Supermassive Black Holes II | HW6 due |
Ch 22-2 |
An 21-1 | ||||||
| Tues 6/19 |
17. Relativity & Supermassive Black Holes III |
Ch 22 sec 3-8 |
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| Wed 6/20 |
18. Quasars & Other Active Galactic Nuclei | HW7 due |
Ch 25 sec 1-6 |
Vid 24-1; An 24-1,2
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| Thurs 6/21 |
19. Introduction to Cosmology & The Expanding Universe | Ch 24 sec 5; Ch 26 sec 2 |
An 25-1 | |||||||
| Fri 6/22 |
20. Age & Fate of the Universe |
HW8 due |
Ch 26 sec 1,3 |
An 25-4 | ||||||
| Mon 6/25 |
21. Events Over Cosmic Time |
Ch 26 sec 1,3; Ch 25 sec 1 review |
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| Tues 6/26 | 22. Microwave Background |
HW9 due |
Ch 26 sec 4,5 |
An 25-2,3 | ||||||
| Wed 6/27 |
23. The Curvature of Space & Dark Energy
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Ch 26 sec 6,7,8 |
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| Thurs 6/28 |
24. The Big Bang! & The Early Universe |
HW10 due |
Ch. 27 |
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| Fri 6/29 | FINAL EXAM | |||||||||
| Important Dates: |
June 17 (1-3pm) or 18 (12:30-2:30pm) (Sun-Mon) -- MIDTERM EXAM June 29 (Fri) -- FINAL EXAM | |
| Text: |
Freedman & Geller & Kaufmann, Universe 10th edition (2014)($178) ISBN-13: 978-1-319-04238-7
some available at The Yale Bookstore or on Amazon.
OR... e-book version The e-book (LaunchPad) price ($86) is 50% of the full price of a new printed textbook, and gives 6 month access. I urge all students to purchase LaunchPad, as this gives access to additional online material that I will assign. In addition, you may choose to purchase a paper text (10th or 9th or 8th edition). It seems that new paper versions of the 10th edition are scarce, so used or earlier editions (9th or 8th) will be fine. | |
| Online Activity: |
The " Online Activity" referred to on the syllabus are Animations (Anim or An),
Videos (Vid),
and Active Interactive Media Modules (AIMMs) which are found on the
website for the textbook .
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