GALAXIES & COSMOLOGY
winter trimester
2008-2009
SYLLABUS
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MAJOR TOPIC |
SUBJECTS |
MAJOR LABS
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CHAPTER (SECTION) |
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Universe 7th edition |
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Freedman & Kaufmann |
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death of high-mass stars: type II supernovae |
Discovering a Supernova (image processing using Hands On Universe data) |
22(5-8) |
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SUPERNOVAS, |
death remnants of middle-mass stars: neutron stars |
22(6-8); 23(1) |
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NEUTRON STARS, |
neutron stars as pulsars |
23 |
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The Age, Composition,
and Distance to Supernova Remnants (image processing using Chandra X-Ray telescope images) |
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BLACK HOLES |
death remnants of high-mass stars: black holes |
24(3,5-8) |
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general relativity: effects on time and space |
24(1-2) |
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normal galaxies: the Milky Way |
Determination of
Apparent Magnitudes: Standard Stars and Reference Stars (image processing) |
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our home galaxy: The Milky Way |
25 |
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GALACTIC |
the size of our galaxy: cepheids |
Cepheid Variable Light
Curves (image processing) |
21(5) |
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STRUCTURE, |
other normal galaxies: |
The Distance to and Age
of Open Clusters (image processing using H-R cluster diagrams from Hands On Universe) |
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content and structure: spirals and ellipticals |
26(1-3) |
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EVOLUTION, |
distances to galaxies |
26(4) |
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clustering of galaxies |
26(5) |
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evolution of galaxies |
Independent/Group
Projects (your choice) |
26(7) |
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dark matter revisited |
26(8) |
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VIOLENCE |
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violent galaxies |
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quasars, blazers, and Seyferts |
27(1-6) |
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supermassive black holes |
24(4), 27(5) |
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gamma-ray bursts |
27(7) |
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COSMOLOGY: |
the present universe: expansion: the Hubble flow |
Measuring the Hubble Constant |
26(5), 28(1-2) |
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PRESENT, |
the beginning of the universe: the Big Bang |
28(3-5) |
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FUTURE, |
the future universe: expansion forever? |
28(6-7) |
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the very early universe: inflation |
29(1-3) |
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PAST |
the very early universe: matter & antimatter; the fusion era |
Independent/Group
Projects (your choice) |
29(4-5) |
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of the UNIVERSE |
the very early universe: the seeds of galaxies |
29(6-7) |
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searching for life elsewhere in the universe |
30(1) |
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ASTROBIOLOGY |
life elsewhere in the solar system |
30(2-3) |
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searching for intelligent life |
30(4-5) |