Physics 330: Physical Astronomy

Syllabus

Presentations Guidelines

Date

Topic

Chapter

Mon Dec 3

Celestial Coordinates

1.3

Wed Dec 5

Colors and Magnitudes

3.1, 3.2, 3.6

Fri Dec 7

Radiation

3.3-3.5

Mon Dec 10

Spectra

5.1-5.3

Wed Dec 12

Celestial Mechanics

2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 7.1

Fri Dec 14

Binary Stars

7.2-7.3

Mon Dec 17

Stellar Spectra

8.1

Wed Dec 19

The H-R Diagram

8.2

Fri Dec 21

Test 1

1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8

Mon Jan 7

Radiation Transfer

9.4-9.5

Wed Jan 9

Hydrostatic Equilibrium

10.1-10.2

Fri Jan 11

Stellar Interiors

10.3, 10.6, 11.1

Mon Jan 14

Magnetic Activity

11.2-11.3

Wed Jan 16

The Interstellar Medium

12.1-12.2

Fri Jan 18

Pre-Main Sequence Stars

12.3

Mon Jan 21

Stellar Evolution

13.1-13.2

Wed Jan 23

Post-Main Sequence Evolution

13.3

Fri Jan 25

Stellar Presentations

None

Mon Jan 28

Supernova

15.1-15.3

Wed Jan 30

Test 2

9-13, 15

Fri Feb 1

White Dwarfs

16.1-16.5

Mon Feb 4

Neutron Stars and Black Holes

16.6-16.7, 17.3

Wed Feb 6

Class Canceled

...

Fri Feb 8

The Milky Way

24.2, 24.4

Mon Feb 11

Galaxies

25.1-25.4

Wed Feb 13

Galactic Evolution

26.2

Fri Feb 15

Extra-Galactic Presentations

None

Mon Feb 18

Active Galaxies

28.1-28.2

Wed Feb 20

Large Scale Structure

27.1, 27.3

Fri Feb 22

Cosmology

27.2, 29.1, 30.1

Mon. Feb. 25, 12-2 pm

Final Exam

All

 

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