ASTROPHYSICS
fall
trimester
2008
SYLLABUS
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MAJOR TOPIC |
SUBJECTS |
MAJOR LABS
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CHAPTER (SECTION) |
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Universe 7th edition |
Physics 3rd ed |
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Freedman & Kaufmann |
Walker. |
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CCD IMAGES |
light collectors and
detectors; making images |
Introduction to Image
Processing (linear and log scaling, measuring angular sizes, distances, interpreting FITS headers, identifying spectral lines) |
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27(5) |
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SPECTROSCOPY |
light: particle or wave? spectra: Kirchhoff's laws |
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5(1, 2, 5) |
25(1-3), 28(1-2) |
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continuous spectra: blackbody laws: stellar
temperature, color, and luminosity |
Spectra of Light Sources (Kirchhoff's laws, identifying composition of gas discharge tubes and lines in the solar spectrum; color filters, computer screens, and fluorescent lights) |
5(3, 4) Box 5(2) |
30(1) |
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blackbody laws: stellar
radii |
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Box 19(4) |
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PLANETARY PROPERTIES |
blackbody laws: planetary temperatures |
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planets: terrestrial vs.
Jovian |
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7(1-4) |
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solar system: formation
of planets |
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8(1-5) |
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solar system: evolution
of planets |
Measuring the
Luminosity, Radius, and Temperature of the Sun (using a meter stick, a 200-W light bulb, a pinhole camera, and a double-sided wax photometer) |
7(6-8) |
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STELLAR
PROPERTIES |
stars: parallax and
distance stars: magnitude and
brightness |
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19(1); Box 19(1) 19(2-4); Boxes 19(2,3) |
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line spectra: atomic structure |
Parallax: Measuring the
Distance to an Asteroid (image processing: using two images -- taken simultaneously -- of an asteroid from different observatories to determine the distance) |
5(7-8); 19(5) |
31(1-3) |
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stars: color,
temperature, spectral class, & the H-R diagram |
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Box 7(2),
19(4-8) |
14(3) |
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Doppler effect: |
Measuring the Doppler
Effect with the Doppler Applet |
5(9) |
25(2); 14(6) |
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Hubble's law & |
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[26(1-4)] 26(5) |
32(7) |
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binary stars: orbits;
Kepler's laws |
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[4(1-3)] 4(4-7) |
12(1-3) |
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binary stars:
spectroscopic & eclipsing |
RW Mon: Determining the
Luminosity, Radius, Temperature, and Mass of the Stars in a Double-line
Spectroscopic, Eclipsing Binary |
19(9-11) |
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galactic rotation
curves and dark matter |
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25(4), Box 25(2), 26(8) |
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line broadening |
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STELLAR STRUCTURE |
how stars work: sources of pressure; energy transfer |
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18(1-2), 21(1); Box
21(1-2) |
32(1, 4-6), 32(8); 15(1-4), 17(1-2); 16(6) |
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the solar neutrino problem |
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18(4); Searching for
Neutrinos Beyond the Textbooks (end of 18) |
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stellar atmospheres: the
quiet sun |
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18(3, 5-7) |
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the active sun: sunspots and magnetic
fields |
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18(8-10) |
22(1-3) |
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STELLAR EVOLUTION |
stellar birth in
interstellar space: protostars and pre-main-sequence stars |
Interstellar Matter: Properties of Planetary Nebulae, Dark Nebulae, Emission Nebulae, and Supernova Remnants (using the Palomar Prints) |
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stellar maturity (main sequence) and old age (red
giant) |
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21 22(1-2) |
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death of low-mass stars: white dwarfs and
planetary nebulae |
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22(3-4) |
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