天文物理的前沿與爭議

Frontiers and Controversies in Astrophysics

2007年春季課程
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 pai...

課程目錄

  1. Introduction
  2. Planetary Orbits
  3. Our Solar System and the Pluto Problem
  4. Discovering Exoplanets: Hot Jupiters
  5. Planetary Transits
  6. Microlensing, Astrometry and Other Methods
  7. Direct Imaging of Exoplanets
  8. Introduction to Black Holes
  9. Special and General Relativity
  10. Tests of Relativity
  11. Special and General Relativity (cont.)
  12. Stellar Mass Black Holes
  13. Stellar Mass Black Holes (cont.)
  14. Pulsars
  15. Supermassive Black Holes
  16. Hubble's Law and the Big Bang
  17. Hubble's Law and the Big Bang (cont.)
  18. Hubble's Law and the Big Bang (cont.)
  19. Omega and the End of the Universe
  20. Dark Matter
  21. Dark Energy and the Accelerating Universe and the Big Rip
  22. Supernovae
  23. Other Constraints: The Cosmic Microwave Background
  24. The Multiverse and Theories of Everything

指定教科書

See reading assignments for individual lectures.

課綱與詳述事項

Requirements:
 

There will be weekly problem sets that contain both quantitative problems and essay-type questions. Policies for lateness and collaboration on problem sets are described in the short essay,  Problem Sets in Theory and Practice [text].

There will be two in-class tests, and a final exam. All of these exams will be open book, but electronic aids, including calculators, are not allowed. 

Discussion sections are required and will form a crucial part of the course: part of each section will be devoted to understanding the current problem set. There will be an optional 6-12 page paper [PDF]. It will be worth 10% and will reduce the weight of the weakest major portion of the grade from 30% to 15%. However, no problems sets or tests can be dropped altogether.



Grading:
 

Problem sets: 30%
Two in-class exams: 30% (20% for the stronger grade, 10% for the weaker one) 
Discussion section attendance and participation: 10%
Final examination: 30%

相關連結

講者介紹

Professor Charles Bailyn

Charles Bailyn is the Thomas E. Donnelley Professor of Astronomy and Physics and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Astronomy at Yale. He earned a B.S. in astronomy and physics from Yale in 1981 and a Ph.D. in astronomy from Harvard in

翻譯工作人員

翻譯人員洪曉慧

繁體編輯朱學恒、洪曉慧

簡體編輯朱學恒、洪曉慧

檔案後製處理洪曉慧、謝旻均

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