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Astronomy 332, Spring 2009

COURSE OUTLINE AND SYLLABUS

F 2/6 Introduction and overview

T 2/10 Different astronomical objects

F 2/13 The Sun and other stars

T 2/17 Evolution of stars, white dwarfs

F 2/20 WINTER CARNIVAL

T 2/24 Evolution of massive stars, supernovae

F 2/27 Neutron stars, radio pulsars

T 3/3 X-ray astronomy, binary X-ray sources

F 3/6 Introduction to general relativity

T 3/10 Gravitational collapse, gamma ray bursts

F 3/13 General properties of black holes

T 3/17 Black holes in binary systems

F 3/20 MIDTERM EXAM

SPRING BREAK

T 4/7 The realm of galaxies

F 4/10 Hubble Space Telescope

T 4/14 Radio astronomy

F 4/17 Quasars

T 4/21 Active Galactic Nuclei

F 4/24 Rotating black holes

T 4/28 Supermassive black holes

F 5/1 Relativistic jets

T 5/5 Gravitational waves

F 5/8 The Big Bang

T 5/12 Primordial black holes, Hawking radiation

F 5/15 Summary and overview

Final Exam to be scheduled by the Registrar