LECTURE SCHEDULE

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#	Lecture Date	Lecture Topic	Reading	Homework due or Tests
T Mar 16 Th Mar 18		Happy Spring Break! While you were gone, Stacy and the Astronomy department turned over your class to me (muhahaha). Be sure to send Stacy and email wishing him a speedy recovery.
15	Tu Mar 23	Intuition building about the CMB and its connection to large scale structure.
16	Th Mar 25	growth of structure formation (dark matter) First: from Navier-Stokes to Jeans mass in non-expanding background	Ch 9 Kolb & Turner; Ch 15 Peacock; Peebles LSS (various)
17	Tu Mar 30	δk and spherical overdensity turnaround (cycloid solution)
18	Th Apr 1	Class organization discussion; Jeans mass in an expanding background; power spectrum	HW3 available
19	Tu Apr 6
20	Th Apr 8*			email deadline for project topic
21	Tu Apr 13		HW3 due; HW4 set
22	Th Apr 15
23	Tu Apr 20
24	Th Apr 22
25	Tu Apr 27			HW #4 due
26	Th Apr 29	Test 2	Test 2
27	Tu May 4	Student presentations I
28	Th May 6	Student presentations II
29	Tu May 11	Student presentations III

*Not to scare you, but Friday April 9th is the last day to withdraw (drop with a "W"). back

Last Modified: April 2010 subject to change