Quasars & Cosmology - One-Credit Section

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Quasars & Cosmology – One-Credit Section

Tentative Schedule - Fall, 2009

Week	Day	Date	Topic*
1	Mon	8/31	A Brief Tour of the Universe
2	Mon	9/7	NO CLASS (Labor Day)
3	Mon	9/14	The Milky Way Galaxy (1.1-7)
4	Mon	9/21	Normal Galaxies (2.1-3)
5	Mon	9/28	Extragalactic Distances (2.4-6)
6	Mon	10/5	Active Galaxies (3.1-7)
7	Tues	10/13	Groups of Galaxies (4.1-3)
8	Mon	10/19	Large-Scale Structure of the Universe (4.4-7)
9	Mon	10/26	Introduction to Cosmology (5.1-5.3.3)
10	Mon	11/2	Models of the Universe (5.3.4-5.5)
11	Mon	11/9	The Early Universe (6.1-3)
12	Mon	11/16	The Early Universe (6.4-7)
13	Mon	11/23	Which Universe is Ours? (7.1-4)
14	Mon	11/30	Cosmic Background Radiation (7.5-6)
15	Mon	12/7	Unsolved Problems (8.1-8)
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Last modified: 11/23/09 *Numbers in parentheses are related sections in Jones & Lambourne. They are recommended but not required reading.