ASTROPHYSICS trimester 3
2005
SYLLABUS
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MAJOR TOPIC |
SUBJECTS |
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Freedman &� Kaufmann |
Walker |
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Universe 6th ed |
Physics |
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SPECTROSCOPY |
light and spectra; Kirchhoff�s laws |
5(1, 2, 5, 6) |
[24(1-3)]27(7) |
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continuous spectra: the blackbody laws |
5(3, 4) Box 5(2) |
29(2) |
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examples: stars and planets |
Box 19(4) 7 (esp. 1, 4,6,7,8) |
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STELLAR
PROPERTIES |
parallax and distance magnitude and brightness |
19(1); Box 19(1) 19(2-4); Boxes 19(2,3) |
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line spectra: atomic structure |
5(7-8); 19(5) |
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color, temperature,
spectral class, & the H-R diagram |
box 7-2,
19(4-8) |
14(3) |
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Doppler effect: |
5(9) |
24(5) |
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Hubble�s law & the
expansion of the universe |
[26(1-4)] 26(5) |
32(7) |
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binary stars: orbits and Kepler�s laws |
[4(1-4)] 4(5-7) |
5(5) |
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binary stars:
spectroscopic & eclipsing |
19(9-11) |
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galactic rotation
curves and dark matter |
25(4), Box 25(2), 26(8) |
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line broadening |
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STELLAR STRUCTURE |
how stars work: energy generation,
energy transfer, and sources of pressure |
18(1-2), 21(1), Box 21(1-2) |
31(1-3),32(5); 13(1-3); 14(2-3) |
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the solar neutrino problem |
18(5-7) |
31(5) |
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stellar atmospheres: the
quiet sun |
18(1-3) |
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the active sun: sunspots and magnetic
fields |
18(8-10) |
21(1-3) |
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STELLAR EVOLUTION |
birth in interstellar
space: protostars and pre-main-sequence stars |
20 |
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maturity (main
sequence) and old age (red giant) |
21 22(1-2) |
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death of low-mass stars: white dwarfs and
planetary nebulae |
22(3-4) |
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death of high-mass stars: supernovae |
22(5-10) |
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death remnants of
middle-mass stars: neutron stars |
23 21(6) |
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death remnants of
high-mass stars: black holes |
24 |
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GALACTIC STRUCTURE |
our home galaxy: The
Milky Way the size of our galaxy: cepheids |
25 21(5) |
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normal galaxies |
26 |
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EVOLUTION |
galactic violence: quasars |
27 |
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COSMOLOGY |
present: expansion: the
Hubble flow |
26(5), 28(2) |
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future: expansion forever or eventual re-collapse? |
28 (6-9) |
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past: the Big Bang, the origin of energy,
space, and time |
28 (3-5), 29 |
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