Ch 6.1 & 7 : Light.
Nature of light, waves, particles.
Different wavelengths, atsmospheric transparency. Temperature and
thermal spectra. Blackbody radiation. Atomic structure. Emission and
absorption spectra. Star colors, temperatures, and spectral types. Star
composition. The Doppler effect. Line broadening.
Ch. 8 : The Sun.
The sun as a star. Photosphere, granulation,
chromosphere, corona, solar wind. Helioseismology. Sunspots, sunspot
cycle, magnetic fields, flares, storms. Energy source. Nuclear reactions.
Fission, fusion, E=mc2. Solar neutrinos.
Ch. 9 : Stars.
Star distances and the parsec. Proper
motion. Star brightness and luminosity; magnitudes. Star sizes.
Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. Luminosity classes. Binary stars and star
masses. Mass-Luminosity relation. Star frequencies.
Ch. 10 : Interstellar Matter.
Rarefied galactic
atomosphere. Extinction & reddening. Hydrogen & 21cm emission. Molecules
& dust. Four phases : cold to hot.
Ch. 11 : Star Formation.
Cloud collapse to form stars &
planets. Evolution onto Main Sequence. Energy sources. Interior structure
: Energy transport, hydrostatic equilibrium.
Ch. 12 : Stellar Evolution.
Stellar models. Main sequence
evolution : core hydrogen fusion. Star lifetimes. Giants. Evolution
off the main sequence. Star cores. Star clusters and age dating. Variable
stars.
Ch. 13 : Star Death.
Low mass stars : mass loss; planetary
nebulae; white dwarfs. Novae and type I supernovae. High mass star
evolution : onion shell structure, rapid nucleosynthesis, type II
supernovae. SN 1987A. Supernova remnants.
Ch. 14 : Neutron Stars & Black Holes.
Neutron stars \&
pulsars; slowdown and glitches. Escape velocity and Schwarzchild radius.
Searching for black holes. Black hole properties. Compact stars in
binaries.
Ch. 15 : Our Galaxy.
Overall structure : bulge, disk, halo,
globular clusters. Galaxy mass and origin : stellar populations and
chemical enrichment. Spiral arms. The galactic center.
Ch. 16 : Other Galaxies.
Shapley-Curtis debate. Hubble
classification : spirals, ellipticals, and irregulars. Galaxy properties.
Hubble's Law and Ho. Rotation curves and dark matter. Galaxy
collisions and mergers. Clusters of galaxies. Origin of galaxies.
Ch 17 : Active Galaxies and Quasars.
Seyfert galaxies, radio
galaxies. Supermassive black holes, accretion disks, jets. Quasars.
Ch 18 : Cosmology & The Big Bang.
Global properties.
Expanding universe and cosmological redshift. Age of Universe, the
Big Bang. Background radiation. Early history : Helium synthesis &
recombination. Dark matter. Recent developments : inflation, dark energy,
cosmic acoustics.