ASTR 160 - Frontiers and Controversies in Astrophysics
24 Lectures · Mar 3, 2007
About
This course focuses on three particularly interesting areas of astronomy that are advancing very rapidly: Extra-Solar Planets, Black Holes, and Dark Energy. Particular attention is paid to current projects that promise to improve our understanding significantly over the next few years. The course explores not just what is known, but what is currently not known, and how astronomers are going about trying to find out.
Course Homepage: [[http://oyc.yale.edu/astronomy/frontiers-and-controversies-in-astrophysics/]]
Course features at Open Yale courses page: *Frontiers and Controversies in Astrophysics *Syllabus *Class Sessions *Downloads *Survey
Updates: *Update 1 - The Kepler Mission *Update 2 - Do Black Holes Spin? *Update 3 - The “Dark Ages” and the Growth of Structure
Exams: *Midterm Exam 1 *Midterm Exam 1 Solutions *Midterm Exam 2 Solutions
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Lecture 1 - Introduction
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Lecture 2 - Planetary Orbits
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Lecture 3 - Our Solar System and the Pluto Problem
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Lecture 4 - Discovering Exoplanets: Hot Jupiters
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Lecture 5 - Planetary Transits
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Lecture 6 - Microlensing, Astrometry and Other Methods
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Lecture 7 - Direct Imaging of Exoplanets
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Lecture 8 - Introduction to Black Holes
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Lecture 9 - Special and General Relativity
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Lecture 10 - Tests of Relativity
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Lecture 11 - Special and General Relativity (cont.)
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Lecture 12 - Stellar Mass Black Holes
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Lecture 13 - Stellar Mass Black Holes (cont.)
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Lecture 14 - Pulsars
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Lecture 15 - Supermassive Black Holes
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Lecture 16 - Hubble's Law and the Big Bang
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Lecture 17 - Hubble's Law and the Big Bang (cont.)
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Lecture 18 - Hubble's Law and the Big Bang (cont.)
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Lecture 19 - Mega and the End of the Universe
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Lecture 20 - Dark Matter
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Lecture 21 - Dark Energy and the Accelerating Universe and the Big Rip
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Lecture 22 - Supernovae
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Lecture 23 - Other Constraints: The Cosmic Microwave Background
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Lecture 24 - The Multiverse and Theories of Everything
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