AST223: Galaxies and Cosmology

Administrative:

Syllabus
Schombert's Schedule
Academic Calendar
Geometry Junkyard
Greek Alphabet
Exponents and Logarithms
Periodic Table
Temperature Scale

Lectures:

  1. Mar 31: Introduction
  2. Apr 02: Local Group
  3. Apr 04: Galaxy Light
  4. Apr 07: Kinematics
  5. Apr 09: Active Galaxies
  6. Apr 11: High Redshift Objects
  7. Apr 14: Redshift
  8. Apr 16: Expanding Universe
  9. Apr 18: Friedmann's Equation
  10. Apr 21: Observational Tests
  11. Apr 23: SN Results
  12. Apr 25: Gravitational Lensing
  13. Apr 28: Cosmological Models
  14. Apr 30: Cosmological Models
  15. May 02: Midterm Exam
  1. May 05: Creation
  2. May 07: Classical Cosmology Problems
  3. May 09: Inflationary Cosmology
  4. May 12: Radiation Era
  5. May 14: Baryongensis
  6. May 16: Nucleosynthesis
  7. May 19: CMB I
  8. May 21: CMB II
  9. May 23: Dark Matter/Dark Energy
  10. May 28: Large Scale Structure
  11. May 30:
  12. Jun 02:
  13. Jun 04:
  14. Jun 06: Final Exam

Prob Set #1 (due Apr 09)
Prob Set #2 (due Apr 16)
Prob Set #3 (due Apr 23)
Prob Set #4 (due Apr 30)
Prob Set #5 (due May 14)
Final Prob Set #6 (due Jun 06)

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