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16 Jan 06 |
18 Jan 06 |
20 Jan 06 |
Ch. 2 |
| Olber's Paradox & Hubble's Law | Doppler Shift | Planck Spectrum | ||
2 |
23 Jan 06 |
25 Jan 06 |
27 Jan 06 |
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| Spectral Energy Density & Stefan-Boltzmann Law | Photon Pressure & Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) | The Standard Model of Particle Physics | ||
3 |
30 Jan 06 |
1 Feb 06 |
3 Feb 06 |
Ch. 3 |
| Mass-Energy Budget; Unification & Inflation; Gravity as spacetime curvature | Quantifying Curvature; Girard's Theorem; S2 metric | C/D ≠ π; Sphere & Pseudosphere |
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4 |
6 Feb 06 |
8 Feb 06 |
10 Feb 06 |
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| Parallel Transport; Hypersphere | Constant Curvature Metrics; Spacetime Metrics | Robertson-Walker Metric; Cosmological Redshift | ||
5 |
13 Feb 06 |
15 Feb 06 |
17 Feb 06 |
Ch. 4 |
| Friedman Equation | Acceleration Equation | Matter Equation of State | ||
6 |
20 Feb 06 |
22 Feb 06 |
24 Feb 06 |
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| Vacuum Equation of State; Cosmological Constant | Review for Exam | LEAVE REPLACEMENT 204 LECTURE | ||
7 |
27 Feb 06 |
1 Mar 06 |
3 Mar 06 |
Ch. 5 |
| *** EXAM 1 *** | LEAVE REPLACEMENT 204 LECTURE | Evolution of Energy Density | ||
8 |
6 Mar 06 |
8 Mar 06 |
10 Mar 06 |
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| Empty Universe Model | Spatially Flat Universes of Either Radiation or Matter | Spatially Flat Universe of Vacuum | ||
13 Mar 06 |
15 Mar 06 |
17 Mar 06 |
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27 Mar 06 |
29 Mar 06 |
31 Mar 06 |
Ch. 6 |
| Multiple-Component Universes | Matter & Curvature; "Density is Destiny" | The Standard Model of Cosmology | ||
10 |
3 Apr 06 |
5 Apr 06 |
7 Apr 06 |
Ch. 7 |
| Measuring Cosmological Parameters; Deceleration Parameter | Standard Candle & Yardstick: Luminosity & Ang-Diameter Distance | Cosmic Distance Ladder | ||
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10 Apr 06 |
12 Apr 06 |
14 Apr 06 |
Ch. 8 |
| Cosmological Parameter Space; Dark Matter in Galaxies | Dark Matter in Clusters; Virial Theorem | Intro to the Cosmic Microwave Background; Astro "Clock" | ||
12 |
17 Apr 06 |
19 Apr 06 |
21 Apr 06 |
Ch. 9 |
| *** EXAM 2 *** | The Saha Equation | Recombination; CMB Fluctuation Correlation | ||
13 |
24 Apr 06 |
26 Apr 06 |
28 Apr 06 |
Ch.10 |
| Very Early Universe Timeline | Deuteron Formation & BBN Bottleneck | Proton/Neutron Freeze-out; H to He Nucleosynthesis | ||
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1 May 06 |
3 May 06 |
5 May 06 |
Ch.11 |
| Flatness, Horizon, & Monopole Problems | Inflation and the Early Universe | The Inflaton & the Mechanism of Inflation | ||
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