Past Course
• Tue/Thu 14:00-15:15, Bldg.28 Rm.103, Slides available after each class.
• This course aims to help students with a strong physics background to dive into and appreciate
various topics in modern astrophysics and cosmology.
Week 01-1. Course Introduction
Week 01-2. Scales and Timeline of the Universe
Week 02-1. Gravity: Binary Systems
Week 02-2. Gravity: Tidal Interactions
Week 03-1. Gravity: Many-body & Galactic Dynamics
Week 03-2. Gravity: Many-body & Galactic Dynamics (II) + 1st Midterms How-To
Week 04-2. Gravity: Virial Theorem and Dark Matter
Week 05-1. Gravity: Structure Formation in the Universe
Week 05-2. Gravity: Structure Formation in the Universe (II) + 1st Homework
Week 07-1. Lights: Luminosity, Redshift and Spectra
Week 07-2. Lights: Luminosity, Redshift and Spectra (II)
Week 08-1. Lights: Luminosity, Redshift and Spectra (III) + 2nd Midterms How-To
Week 08-2. Lights: Optics
Week 09-1. Lights: Optics (II)
Week 09-2. Interlude: Back of the Envelope Physics + 2nd Homework
Week 10-2. Interlude: Back of the Envelope Physics (II)
Week 11-1. Special Topics: Exoplanets
Week 11-2. Special Topics: Exoplanets (II)
Week 11-3. Midterm Presentations / Nov. 16 (Fri) 14:00-15:15
Week 12-1. Stellar & Particle Physics: Stellar Lifecycle + Finals How-To
Week 12-2. Stellar & Particle Physics: Stellar Remnants + 3rd Homework
Week 13-2. Relativity: Black Holes and Gravitational Waves
Week 14-1. Relativity: Cosmology and Dark Energy
Week 14-2. Special Topics: Computational Cosmology
Week 15-1. Final Presentations
Week 15-2. Final Presentations