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Due on this class
Read: 26.1-6
Read: 26.7-13
Check #1 (sorry): 26: 2(91.5m), 3, 6(.773c), 8(.141c), 11, 13, 14(.866c), 17
Check #2 + #3 (sorry again): 26: 45, 47, 18(1.6x10-13J), 21, 23, 26(2.23x10-9J,7.91x10-18kgm/s ), 28(1.22x10-10J, 7.55x10-19kgm/s), 31, 12(.789c)
Read: 33.1 – first part
Read: 26.12,13
Read: 33.1 – last part
Read: 33.2 – very beginning + Notes
•The Michelson-Morley experiment
•Einstein's Gedanken
•The two postulates of Special Relativity
•Simultaneity
•Time Dilation
•The Twin Paradox and relative time
•Length Contraction and 4-D space-time
•Mass Dilation and the ultimate speed limit of the Universe
The solution for v:
NoteGuide-01-01SpecialRelativity.doc
I deleted all the video by accident (So YouTube would
not get too boring)
•Mass and energy: Relativistic kinetic energy
•Relativistic addition of velocities
•Energy-momentum relationship
•Review/Go over PreQuiz 26.1
•Intro to Astrophysics
•The Structure of the Universe:
•Our solar system/Galaxy
• /Nebulae/Clusters/Groups/Superclusters
•Scale Model of the Solar System
•PreQuiz 26.1 – Take home
Go over 26.1
•Units of distance:
•Astronomical Units (au) /Parsecs (pc) /Light Years
•Stars: Part One - Brightness and Distance
Check #4: 33: 1, 2(12 ly), 3, 4(.042”, 1.2x10-5 o), 5, 6(82 Y)
•Wien’s Law
•Absolute Luminosity
•Apparent Brightness
•Apparent and absolute magnitude
•H-R diagrams
NoteGuide-05-01StarsPartOne-BrightnessAndDistance.doc
•Stars: Part Two - Stellar Evolution
Read: 33.2 – the last part
Check #5: 33: 9, 32(1.1 mm), Astro: 1-6
Problem 9
•Birth
•Main sequence
•Red giants
NoteGuide-06-01StarsPartTwo-StellarEvolution.doc
•Supernova? Pulsar? Neutron Star? Black Holes? White Dwarves
Read: Your notes?
Check #6: 33: 36({T increases, L const, size decreases}, {T const, L decreases, size decreases}, {T decreases, L increases, size increases}), 37, Astro: 7-14
•Measuring the AU/Measuring Parsecs
•Using H-R diagrams
•Variable stars: RR Lyrae, Cepheids
•Type I Supernovae/Galaxy brightness
•General relativity
Read: 33.3
Read: 33.4
Check #7: Astro: 15-17
•Principle of equivalence
•Curved space
•Black holes and the Schwarzschild radius
•Expanding Space
•Olber’s Paradox/steady state
•Redshift
•Hubble’s law
•Prequiz 33 – Take Home
•The standard model (The Big Bang)
•The precepts
•The cosmological principle
•The cosmic microwave background
IB Review???
Have completed the IB tests from 2010, and turn in your solutions to the Energy and Climate change chapter
Read: 33.5-7
Check #9: 33: 28(656nm, 661 nm, 2.17x10-6m), Astro 20
Problem 20:
•The standard model (The Big Bang)- Part II
•Inflation and the future of the universe
•The shape of the Universe
•Where's the missing matter?
•Hubble Lab – Expanding Universe
Test on Astrophysics (Normal kind)
Turn in: Homework – 9 stamps worth
Turn in: Hubble Lab
Turn in: PreQuizzes 26 and 33
Two Prequizzes
· 26.1 – Special Relativity – length contraction, etc
· 33 – Astrophysics – Hubble’s Law and stuff
One SkillSet
· 26.1 – Special Relativity
One Lab (possibly):
· Hubble Constant Lab – Expansion of a mini linear universe
Homework:
· 9 day’s worth!
One Test
· A normal Murray test – look at the review materials.
Handouts:
· This Syllabus
· PreQuiz 26.1 – Special Relativity
· PreQuiz 33 – Hubble’s law and stuff
· Lab-HubbleConstant
· Worksheet-Astrophysics
· Many NoteGuides