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Outline |
Guidelines |
Notices
| The course is organised by topic and for clarity I've used the chapter headings in the textbook, "A Short History of the Universe". Notice that the arrangement is the same as the order of chapters in this book, with the exception of Chapter 6, which I've moved up so it now comes between Chapters 2 and 3. Reading assigments are given for this book (SH). Other reading material may be handed out in class. Check the link for each topic. | |
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| Intro & Some Lessons from Ptolemy
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SH   Ch. 1 + Handout |
| The Expansion of the Universe
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SH   Ch. 2 |
| Models of the Expanding Universe
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SH   Ch. 6 |
| The Cosmic Microwave Background
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SH   Ch. 3 |
| The First 10-33 Second
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SH   Ch. 4 |
| The Genesis of Baryons and Helium
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SH   Ch. 5 |
| Dark Matter
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SH   Ch. 7 |
| Baryonic Dark Matter
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SH   Ch. 8    |
| Intergalactic Matter
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SH   Ch. 9    |
| Origin of Structure
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SH   Ch. 10    |
| Large-Scale Structure
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SH   Ch. 11    |
| Galaxy Formation
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SH   Ch. 12    |
| Closing the Circle
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SH Afterword    |