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Perspective on the Universe Winter 2015 PHYS 1830 Cosmic Sights

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Updated April 10, 2015

Powerpoint slides of lectures from Winter 2015

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  1. Wed. Jan. 7
    Introduction to course and outreach images. (Revised after class)
  2. Fri. Jan 9
    Public Outreach Images and tips for learning. Does the Hubble produce images that match what your eye would see? Review of outreach images, Scientific Method.
  3. Mon. Jan. 12
    Intro to Celestial Sphere, Linear measurements, Distances, intro to Power of 10
  4. Wed. Jan 14
    How geometry can give linear sizes, Power of 10, Scale of Solar System.
  5. Fri. Jan 16
    Quiz and taking up quiz; Powers of 10 video.
  6. Mon. Jan 19
    Distances: AU,ly, Parallax, pc, Inverse Square Brightness Law
  7. Wed. Jan 21
    Electromagnetic radiation, waves, energy and temperature, blackbodies.
  8. Fri. Jan 23
    Blackbodies continued, Kirchhoff's Laws.
    9. Laws for creating spectra, how the interaction of atoms and photons create spectra.
  9. Mon. Jan. 26
    Telescopes and Detectors. Light gathering power. Resolution atmospheric transmission and turbulence, Light curves.
  10. Wed. Jan 28
    Surface brightness. Radio telescopes, radio continuum emission, and HI spin flip emission.
  11. Monday Feb 2
    B&W "stretching" workshop with radio continuum and far-infrared data.
  12. Wed Feb 4
    Doppler shift, using line data to determine motions, velocity fields.
  13. Friday Feb 6
    Angular Momentum, Newton's Laws.
  14. Mon Feb 9
    Gravity. Tides: Moon through to Interacting Galaxies
  15. Wed Feb 11
    Gravity, velocity, acceleration and mass, Dark Matter, General Relativity
  16. Wednesday, Feb 13
    Filters and outreach images. Preparation for workshop.
  17. Monday, Feb. 23
    Visual Grammar (composition, colour contrast). Prep for workshop.
  18. Wed. Feb 25
    Workshop 2.Colourizing layered file; adjusting.
  19. Fri. Feb 27
    Workshop 3. Make a single layered file; adjust. Submission due MONDAY, not Friday.
  20. Mon. Mar 2
    Workshop 4. Adjust single layer file; orient & crop; make jpeg; critique. Image due. Visualization of Theories: Computer Simulations introduction.
  21. Weds. Mar. 4
    Compare simulations with cosmology and planetary system formation, our Solar System.
  22. Monday Mar. 9
    Tour of the Solar System.
  23. Wednesday Mar. 11
    Solar System Formation in detail.
  24. Friday Mar. 13
    Solar System Tour with more detail.
  25. Monday Mar. 16
    Solar System Tour with more detail continued.
  26. Wed Mar 18
    Exoplanets: methods of detection
  27. Friday Mar. 20
    Our Sun.
  28. Monday Mar. 23
    The Sun, and climate change. Stars: Photometry for Temperature. Colour as a proxy for Temperature. Luminosity and magnitude.
  29. Wed. Mar. 25
    Stars: Photometry for Temperature. Colour as a proxy for Temperature. Luminosity and magnitude. Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram. Stellar radii.
  30. Friday Mar 27
    Radii and mass of stars; lifetime on main sequence, star formation.
  31. Monday Mar 30
    Evolution of a 1 solar mass star: e.g. planetary nebulae, white dwarfs; Evolution of a massive star: SNe Type II.
  32. Wednesday April 1
    Evolution of a massive star: SNe Type II through gamma-ray bursts; light echos; pulsars & neutron stars; black holes.
  33. Monday April 6
    Types of Black Holes, Our Milky Way's supermassive black hole, Dark Matter rotation curves and gravitational lensing, Elliptical galaxies.
  34. Wednesday April 8
    Galaxies.
  35. Friday April 10
    Cosmology.

Powerpoint slides of lectures from Previous Years

This section may contain notes from Fall 2013 and the material will be changed for 2015. These are provided for previewing material for the next class. Use at your own risk for any other reasons. Attend class for updated material. Revised notes will be posted after class in the list above. (One learning strategy is to print these out, or copy them to your laptop, and annotate them during class.)

  1. See 2015 listing for first lecture.
  2. for Fri. Jan 9
    Public Outreach Images and tips for learning. Does the Hubble produce images that match what your eye would see? Review of outreach images, Scientific Method.
  3. for Mon. Jan. 12
    Intro to Celestial Sphere, Linear measurements, Distances, intro to Power of 10
  4. Monday Sept 16
    Power of 10 (movie), Scale of Solar System.
  5. Wednesday Sept 18
    Distances: AU,ly, Parallax, pc, Inverse Square Brightness Law
  6. Fri. Sept 20
    Electromagnetic radiation, waves, energy and temperature, blackbodies.
  7. Monday Sept 23
    Blackbodies continued, Kirchhoff's Laws, Laws for creating spectra, how the interaction of atoms and photons create spectra.
  8. Wed. Sept 25
    Telescopes and Detectors. Light gathering power. Resolution atmospheric transmission and turbulence, and surface brightness. Light curves.
  9. Friday Sept 27
    Radio telescopes, radio continuum emission, and HI spin flip emission.
  10. Monday Sept 30
    B&W "stretching" workshop with radio continuum and far-infrared data.
  11. Wed Oct 2
    Doppler shift, using line data to determine motions, velocity fields.
  12. Monday Oct 7
    Angular Momentum, Newton's Laws and Gravity.
  13. Wednesday Oct 9
    Tides: Moon through to Interacting Galaxies
  14. Friday Oct 11
    Interacting Galaxies, Gravity, velocity, acceleration and mass, Dark Matter, General Relativity
  15. Wednesday, Oct 16
    Visual Grammar (compostion and colour). Preparation for workshop. IGNORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE 2013 STRIKE
  16. Friday, Oct 18
    Visual Grammar (colour contrast). Workshop 1. IGNORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE 2013 STRIKE
  17. Monday, Oct 21
    Workshop 2.Colourizing layered file; adjusting; make jpeg; critique. IGNORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE 2013 STRIKE
  18. Wed Oct 23
    Visualization of Theories: Computer Simulations; Compare simulations with cosmology and planetary systems.
  19. Friday Oct 25
    Planetary system formation, our Solar System.
  20. Monday Oct 28
    Tour of the Solar System by the class.
  21. Wednesday Oct 30
    Solar System Formation in detail.
  22. Monday Nov 4
    Solar System Tour with more detail.
  23. Wed Nov 6
    Exoplanets: 1 method of detection
  24. Friday Nov 8
    Exoplanets: more methods of detection; Our Sun.
  25. Wed Nov 13
    Our Sun
  26. Friday Nov 15
    The Sun and climate change.
  27. Monday Nov 18
    Stars: Photometry for Temperature. Colour as a proxy for Temperature. Luminosity and magnitude. Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram.
  28. Wednesday Nov 20
    Radii and mass of stars; lifetime on main sequence
  29. Friday Nov 22
    Evolution of a 1 solar mass star: e.g. planetary nebulae, white dwarfs
  30. Monday Nov 25(pdf)
    Evolution of a massive star: SNe Type II through gamma-ray bursts; light echos; pulsars & neutron stars.
  31. Wed Nov 27
    Black holes.
  32. Friday Nov 29
    Our Milky Way's supermassive black hole, Dark Matter rotation curves and gravitational lensing, Elliptical galaxies.
  33. Monday Dec 2
    Galaxies.
  34. Wed Dec 4
    Cosmology.