Ay 21 - Galaxies and Cosmology - Winter 2010 - Syllabus/Calendar
                (tentative plan only)

  Week 1 Reading: MA, Chapter 25, pp 940-967; 981-989; 991-993; Ryden, sections 2.1-2.3 

(M) Jan  4 [no class- organizational meeting]

(W) Jan  6  Historical perspective

(F) Jan  8  Introduction/overview of cosmology; Ryden, Chapter 2; p.s.#1 available
 
  Week 2

(M) Jan 11  *****No class (Steidel out of town) ***

(W) Jan 13  Relevant astrophysical units, etc.

(W) Jan 15  Galaxy properties

  Week 3  Reading: MA, Chapter 27

(M) Jan 18 ***[Caltech holiday- MLK day]***

(W) Jan 20  Galaxy distribution, clustering 

(F) Jan 22  Extragalactic Distance Scale


  Week 4   Reading: MA, Chapter 29, pp. 1144-1162; Ryden, Chap. 3

(M) Jan 25  Cosmology  I   [ps#1 due in class; ps#2 available]

(W) Jan 27  Cosmology II

(F) Jan 29  Cosmology III  


  Week 5   Reading: Ryden, Chapter 4 and 7

(M) Feb  1  Cosmography, obs. cosmology intro

(W) Feb  3  Cosmography II                  

(F) Feb  5  Measuring cosmological parameters

  Week 6   Reading: Ryden, Chapter 10 and 9 

(M) Feb  8   Early Universe, BBN     midterm due by 5pm 

(W) Feb 10   Early Universe II       p.s.#3 available 

(F) Feb 12   CMB, intro formation of structure 

  Week 7

(M) Feb 15  no class-- [Caltech holiday- President's Day] 

(W) Feb 17                          
                                   Thurs: p.s.#3 due by 5pm 

(F) Feb 19                          p.s.#4 available

  Week 8

(M) Feb 22

(W) Feb 24    

(F) Feb 26   Cluster astrophysics; intro AGN 

 Week 9

(M) Mar  1    AGN; intro Intergalactic Medium

(W) Mar  3    IGM theory and observations   (ps#4 due; ps#5 available)

(F) Mar  5    Gravitational Lensing

Week 10

(M) Mar  8    The Reionization Era

(W) Mar 10    The Frontier of Observational Cosmology   [Last Day of Classes; p.s.#5 due]
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March 11-14 Study Period    EXAMS available beginning Fri March 12
March 15-17 Final Exam Period: EXAMS DUE BEFORE 5PM ON Weds. March 17