| LEC # | TOPICS | LECTURE NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction Equatorial coordinates and sidereal time | (PDF) |
| 2 | Galactic coordinates Distances to stars | (PDF) |
| 3 | Magnitudes (apparent and absolute) and color indices | (PDF) |
| 4 | Spectral classification The Kepler problem | (PDF) |
| 5 | Parametric solution to Kepler | (PDF) |
| 6 | Masses of stars Mass radius relation | (PDF) |
| 7 | Guest lecture: Mass measurements for exoplanets and our black hole | (PDF) |
| 8 | Guest lecture: Telescopes | (PDF) |
| 9 | Polytropic stars | (PDF) |
| 10 | Classical and quantum statistics The Saha equation | (PDF) |
| 11 | Equations of state Application of Lane-Emden solution: White dwarfs | (PDF) |
| 12 | Simple results for the sun and other stars | (PDF) |
| 13 | Radiative transport | (PDF) |
| 14 | Opacities Scaling laws Convection | (PDF) |
| 15 | Energy generation Coulomb penetration factor | (PDF) |
| 16 | Nuclear "burning" in the sun and other stars | (PDF) |
| 17 | Evolution of stars of low, intermediate and high mass | (PDF) |
| 18 | Stellar atmospheres | (PDF) |
| 19 | Lines in stellar atmospheres | (PDF) |
| 20 | In-class exam | |
| 21 | Introduction to the interstellar medium | (PDF) |
| 22 | Photoionized nebulae (H II regions and planetaries) | (PDF) |
| 23 | Supernovae and shocks | (PDF) |
| 24 | Adiabatic supernova shocks | (PDF) |
| 25 | Galaxy morphology | (PDF) |
| 26 | Quantifiable properties of galaxies Collisional relaxation times | (PDF) |
| 27 | Collisionless Boltzmann equation (cartesian) and its moments | (PDF) |
| 28 | Boltzmann and the 4 jeans equations (spherical) | (PDF) |
| 29 | Galaxy disks: Rotation and epicyclic motion | (PDF) |
| 30 | Galaxy models: Potentials, orbits, and distribution functions | (PDF) |
| 31 | Clusters of galaxies | (PDF) |
| 32 | Evidence for the expansion and homegeneity of the universe Newtonian derivation of Friedmann universe | (PDF) |
| 33 | Galaxy formation | (PDF) |
| 34 | Friedman-Robertson-Walker metric | (PDF) |
| 35 | Friedman equation with radiation and other stuff | (PDF) |
| 36 | Supernovae and cosmic acceleration | (PDF) |
| 37 | Recombination and helium production | (PDF) |
| 38 | Fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background | (PDF) |