AST 309R - Galaxies, Quasars, and the Universe

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ASTRONOMY 309R – SPRING 2012

GALAXIES, QUASARS, AND THE UNIVERSE

Unique No. 47655

COURSE SCHEDULE

I encourage you to read relevant chapters of the textbook, “Your Cosmic Context” by Todd Duncan and Craig Tyler, before coming to class, so that you can participate in discussions more actively.

– There are 30 classes over 15 weeks (excluding Spring Break).

– “No O.H.” means that Komatsu’s office hour will be canceled on these dates.

– “HW#N due” means that the Nth homework assignment is due on that day.

January 17(T)	Orientation / Starting Points	Ch.1
January 19(Th)	The Sky We See	Ch.2	No O.H.
January 24(T)	The Sky We See	Ch.2	HW#1 due
January 26(Th)	The Universe We Discover Through Heat and Light	Ch.3	No O.H.
January 31(T)	The Universe We Discover Through Heat and Light	Ch.3	HW#2 due
February 2(Th)	The Universe We Discover Through Motion and Gravity	Ch.4
February 7(T)	The Universe We Discover Through Motion and Gravity	Ch.4	HW#3 due
February 9(Th)	The Universe We Discover Through Motion and Gravity	Ch.4
February 14(T)	Clues about the Cosmos	Ch.5	HW#4 due
February 16(Th)	Clues about the Cosmos	Ch.5
February 21(T)	Clues about the Cosmos	Ch.5
February 23(Th)	Fabric of Spacetime	Ch.6
February 28(T)	Fabric of Spacetime	Ch.6	HW#5 due
March 1(Th)	Fabric of Spacetime	Ch.6
March 6(T)	An Expanding Universe	Ch.7	HW#6 due
March 8(Th)	An Expanding Universe	Ch.7
Spring Break
March 20(T)	Photons and Electrons	Ch.8	HW#7 due
March 22(Th)	Photons and Electrons	Ch.8
March 27(T)	The Nuclear Realm	Ch.9	HW#8 due
March 29(Th)	The Nuclear Realm	Ch.9
April 3(T)	TBD		HW#9 due
April 5(Th)	TBD		No O.H.
April 10(T)	The Big Bang Theory	Ch.10
April 12(Th)	The Big Bang Theory	Ch.10	No O.H.
April 17(T)	History, Density, and Destiny	Ch.11	HW#10 due
April 19(Th)	History, Density, and Destiny	Ch.11
April 24(T)	The Story of Structure	Ch.12	HW#11 due
April 26(Th)	The Story of Structure	Ch.12
May 1(T)	The Story of Structure	Ch.12
May 3(Th)	The Story of Structure	Ch.12	HW#12 due