MTWTF 3:00-4:15 Watson A48
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Syllabus Summer 2019 |
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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 (10th ed) click for 8th/9th eds
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| 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; | |||||
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| Ch 20 sec 1-7 | ||||||
| Thurs 6/6 |
9. Measuring Distances in the Universe | HW3b due |
Ch. 17 s1,2; Ch 19 sec5,6; | ||||
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Ch 23 sec4, Box 23-1
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| 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
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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
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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. | |