Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Lecturer: Dr. Richard Mushotzky
- Time: T Th 9:30-10:45
- Dates: Jan 28 - May13 2014
- Room: CSS 2400
- Office: PSC 1111
- Off. Hrs Mon, Weds 10:00-11:00
- TA: Tiara Hung
- Office: PSC 1238
- Off. Hrs,Weds 3:00-4:00pm and Thusday 3:30-4:40pm
Syllabus
Introductory Lecture
Second Lecture
Third Lecture
Fourth Lecture Newton's Laws, Galilean Relatvity and Gravity
Fifth Lecture Newton's Laws etc Age of earth; Intro to reference Frames
Sixth Lecture Principles of Space and Time
Seventh Lecture Special Relativity
Eight Lecture- Time Dilation, Length Contraction Simultaneity
Ninth Lecture- Start of General Relativity
10th Lecture- Second General Relativity Lecture
11th Lecture- Third General Relativity Lecture
12th Lecture- General Relativity Lecture- first part
12th Lecture-continued Start of Black Holes Lecture
13th Lecture-Black Holes Lecture
14th Lecture-The Extragalactic Universe
15th Lecture-The Hubble Expansion
16th Lecture-The shape of the Universe
17th Lecture-Cosmological Models
18th Lecture Microwave Background- CMB
19th The Very Early Universe and Nucleosynthesis
20th Weighing the Universe
21st What kind of Universe do we live in
22nd How Do Things Form
23rd How Do Things Form II (movies)
24th Four Cosmic Puzzles
25th Inflation
26-27th Beyond Inflation
Class Summary-Overview of Class
Midterm
Homeworks
Homework 1
Homework 2
Homework 3
Homework 4
Homework 5
Homework 6 Due Tuesday May 13
Some interesting articles
Article on History of Science, Science Magazine 2009
Exploratorium Article by Phil and Phyllis Morrison on ancient cosmology
Eratosthenes and the Size of the Earth
Maxwells Equations and the Speed of Light- History
Cosmic Times- Story of the Solar Eclipse Test of GR
The Great Shapley-Curtis Debate on the Size of the Universe
Some of the History of Cold Dark Matter
Popular Version of Origin of Universe The Friedman equation (some deeper math) and its consequences Introductory Lecture