Lectures:
Tuesday, Thursday 2.30pm--3.45pm, Room 254, Herman Brown Hall.
Office Hours:
Tuesday, 4.00-5.30pm, Wednesday 2.00-3.30pm, and by appointment.
Required Text:
Galaxy Formation,
by Malcolm Longair (Springer, Berlin).
Longair APPROX NUMBER APPROX
TOPIC CHAPTER OF LECTURES DATES
Cosmological Principle 5 1 1/14
Cosmochronology & Distances 5 2 1/16, 1/21
Newtonian Cosmology 5,7 1 1/23
General Relativity 6 2 1/30, 1/31*
Relativistic Cosmology 7 2 2/4, 2/6
Observational Cosmology 8 1.5 2/10*, 2/11
Mid-Term Recess, February 13-14
Thermal History and 9,10 2 2/11, 2/18, 2/20
Primordial Nucleosynthesis
Cosmic Microwave Background 2,15 1.5 2/20, 2/25
Big Bang Inhomogeneities 11,12 2.5 2/27, 3/3, 3/5
The Milky Way 1.5 3/5, 3/10
Spring Break, March 16-20
Mid-Term Open-Book Exam, due March 30
The Milky Way ctd. 1 3/24
Normal Galaxies & Evolution 3,C1,C4 3 3/26, 3/31, 4/2
Active Galaxies/Quasars C8,C9 4 4/7, 4/9, 4/14, 4/16
Galaxy Clusters and 4 1 4/21
Intracluster Gas
Intergalactic Matter, 4,19 1 4/23
Fields and Dark Matter
Take-Home Final Exam, due before 5pm on May 6.
Chapter sources marked Cn denote corresponding chapters in Combes et al. Galaxies and Cosmology (see below).
Lecture/date allocations for the material are approximate (* denotes a lecture not in the normal Tue/Thu timeslot), and may be modified as the semester progresses, for example should serendipitous travel to a meeting arise for Dr. Baring.
Special Needs?
Any student with a documented disability needing academic
adjustments or accommodations is requested to speak with Dr. Baring
during the first two weeks of class. All discussions will
remain confidential. Students with disabilities should also
contact Disability Resource Center in Room 111 of the Allen Center.
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