ASTRONOMY  7B:  INTRODUCTION TO  ASTROPHYSICS

Spring 2005

Instructor: Dr. Geoffrey W. Marcy

Class time:   Tu & Th 2:00-3:30 PM,   3106 Etcheverry
Office:   Campbell 417; Phone: 642-1952

Office Hours:  Mon 4:00, Thu 5:10, By appt., By email always

e-mail:   gmarcy at berkeley.edu

Course Website: http://astro.berkeley.edu/~gmarcy/ay7b.html

TEXT: MODERN ASTROPHYSICS (Chaps: 4, 12, 16, 18-28 (skip 21) (Carroll & Ostlie)

    Optional Texts:
    1. The Physical Universe by Frank Shu
    2. The New Cosmos by Unsold and Baschek
    3. The Tapestry of Modern Astrophysics by S. Shore
Homework will be due each wednesday at 5pm in boxes outside rm 11 (basement of Campbell).
                            One Computer Project will be done during the semester.

Class Structure:
              Lecture Topics will follow the text (with Ch.4, 12 & 16, then Ch.18 onward)

Prerequisites:  Physics 7A & Physics 7B (or concurrently)

Grading:

Section Meetings:

     M 10, W 10, F 10 (Note schedule change)   in Rm. 11 Campbell hall.
   First section on Fri at 10.

TALC:

     The Astronomy Learning Center (TALC): Sun 7pm & Mon 7pm ( Campbell Hall Rm. 11)

Graduate Student Instructors:

     Joe Converse,   jconverse at astron.berkeley.edu, Office Hrs: M 1-2pm, Campbell 715.

     Charles Hansen,   chansen at astro.berkeley.edu, Office Hrs: W 1-2pm, Campbell 621.  

Exam Dates:

  • Course Topics:

    • CH.4  Special Relativity
    • CH.12  Star Formation and the Interstellar Medium
    • CH.16  General Relativity and Black Holes
    • CH.18  Solar System Physics: Ages and Atmospheres
    • CH.19  Terrestrial Planets: Some Barren, Some Heartwarming
    • CH.20  Giant Planets, Moons, and rings
    • CH.22 The Milky Way Galaxy
    • CH.23 The Nature of Galaxies
    • CH.25 The Large Scale Structure of the Universe
    • CH.26 Active Galactic Nuclei: Quasars
    • CH.27 Cosmology
    • CH.28 The Origin of the Universe: The Early Days

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