Syllabus Summer 2019
''Galaxies and the Universe'' Prof. Jeff Kenney
MTWTF 3:00-4:15 Watson A48

DATE
LECTURE
HW READING (10th ed) click for 8th/9th eds
Mon 5/27 1.Our Location in Space and Time
Preface, Ch. 1, Ch. 2
Tues 5/28 2. Gravity and Newton's Laws
Ch 3 sec 6, Ch. 4 sec 3,4,5,6,7
Wed 5/29 3. Nearly All the Clues Come From Light
HW1 due Ch. 5 sec 1,2,5; Ch 6 sec 7
Thurs 5/30 4.Blackbody Radiation
Ch. 5 sec 3,4
Fri 5/31 5. Light and Atoms
HW2 due Ch. 5 sec 6,7,8
Mon 6/3 6. What is a Star? & The Energy Source of Stars
Ch. 16 sec 1,2,5,6,7
Tues 6/4 7. The Masses and Lifetimes of Stars
HW3a due Ch. 17 sec 4-9, Box 19-2
Wed 6/5 8. Life Cycles of Stars & Importance of Massive Stars
Ch. 18 sec 0 (stuff before sec 1); Ch 19 sec 1,2,3,4;

Ch 20 sec 1-7
Thurs 6/6 9. Measuring Distances in the Universe
HW3b due Ch. 17 s1,2; Ch 19 sec5,6;
Ch 23 sec4, Box 23-1
Fri 6/7 10. The Discovery of the Milky Way Galaxy
Ch 22 sec 1,2
Mon 6/10 11. Varieties of Galaxies
HW4 due Ch. 23 sec 1,2,3
Tues 6/11 12. Motions of Stars and Gas in Galaxies & Doppler Shift
Ch 5 sec 9; Ch 22 sec 3
Wed 6/12 13. Dark Matter in Galaxies Ch 22 sec 4,5
Thurs 6/13 14. Clusters, Superclusters & Galaxy Interactions
HW5 due
Ch 23 sec 6,7,8
Fri 6/14 15. Relativity & Supermassive Black Holes I
Ch 21-1; Box 21-1; Box 21-2 Ch 22 sec 6
Mon 6/17 MIDTERM EXAM
Mon 6/17 16. Relativity & Supermassive Black Holes II
Ch 21-2
Tues 6/18 17. Relativity & Supermassive Black Holes III
HW6 due Ch 21 sec 3-8
Wed 6/19 18. Quasars & Other Active Galactic Nuclei
HW7 due Ch 24 sec 1-6

Thurs 6/20 19. Introduction to Cosmology & The Expanding Universe
Ch 23 sec 5; Ch 25 sec 2
Fri 6/21 20. Age & Fate of the Universe
HW8 due
Ch 25 sec 1,3
Mon 6/24 21. Events Over Cosmic Time
Ch 25 sec 1,3; Ch 24 sec 1 review
Tues 6/25 22. Microwave Background HW9 due
Ch 25 sec 4,5
Wed 6/26 23.The Curvature of Space & Dark Energy
Ch 25 sec 6,7,8
Thurs 6/27 24.The Big Bang! & The Early Universe
HW10 due
Ch. 26
Fri 6/28 FINAL EXAM
Important
Dates:
June 17 (Mon 12noon-2pm) -- MIDTERM EXAM Watson A46
June 28 (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. Paper versions of the 10th edition may be scarce, so used or earlier editions (9th or 8th) will be fine.
OR...
e-book version The e-book price ($61) is 35% of the full price of a new printed textbook, and gives 6 month access. BUT! ... students can get free access to the e-book version of the textbook. Go to Sapling Learning to create an account. Sapling Learning provides additional interactive questions that go with the textbook reading, and may be helpful. Doing the questions on the Sapling Learning site for Astro120 is optional, but students need to create a Sapling account to get free access to the e-book.





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