AY5: FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF THE UNIVERSE

 

Spring 2015 UCSC

“The universe explained. Fundamental concepts of modern cosmology (Big Bang, dark matter, curved space, black holes, star and galaxy formation), the basic physics underlying them, and their scientific development. Intended for non-science majors. (General Education Code(s): MF, IN, Q.)”

Grading will be based on:


  1. • four quizzes (low quiz score can be dropped)

  2. • class participation and quizzes (via clickers)

  3. • laboratory administered during sections

  4. • comprehensive final exam


Homework problems will be assigned, but not turned in for grades. Some of the quiz questions will be drawn from the homework problems.


There is no text for the class, but you can check out an Introduction to Astronomy text from Maria at the Physics Dept Office: ISB211

Lectures Lecture1_AY5 Introduction to class, scale of Universe Lecture2_AY5 Reason for Seasons and other motions of the Earth Lecture3_AY5 Electromagnetic Radiation Lecture4_AY5 Stellar Properties Lecture5_AY5 Stellar structure, energy sources and nuclear power Lecture 6_AY5 Stellar Evolution, low-mass stars Lecture 7 Stellar Evolution, high-mass stars: Lecture 8 R and S-process, Mass-transfer binaries, Lecture 9 Relativity, black holes,The Galaxy Lecture 10 External galaxies, Expansion of the Universe Lecture 11 Cosmology through Hubble, HBB Nucleosynthesis, Particle Physics Lecture 12 CMB, Large scale Structure lLecture 13 Inflation, History of the Universe, End of timehttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/Lecture1_AY5.pdfhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/Lecture2_AY5.pdfhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/Lecture3_AY5.pdfhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/Lecture4_AY5.pdfhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/Lecture5_AY5.pdfhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/Lecture6_AY5.pdfhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/Lecture7_AY5.pdfhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/Lecture8_AY5A.pdfhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/Lecture7May15_AY5.pdfhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/Lecture12May15_AY5.pdfhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/Lecture14May2015.pdfhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/Lecture21May2015.pdfhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/Lecture26May2015_AY5.pdfhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/Lecture21May2015.pdfshapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1shapeimage_1_link_2shapeimage_1_link_3shapeimage_1_link_4shapeimage_1_link_5shapeimage_1_link_6shapeimage_1_link_7shapeimage_1_link_8shapeimage_1_link_9shapeimage_1_link_10shapeimage_1_link_11shapeimage_1_link_12
Interesting Links http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ Astronomy Picture of the Day http://www.ucolick.org/ University of California Observatorieshttp://apod.nasa.gov/apod/http://www.ucolick.org/http://livepage.apple.com/shapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1
Quiz 1 Homework Quiz 1 Homework with answers Quiz 2 Homework Quiz2 Homework with answers Quiz 3 Homework Quiz 3 homework with answers Quiz 4 Homework Quiz 4 Homework with answers Lab Line Spectra 1 Quizzes 1 - 4 with answershttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2013/q1homework2013.pdfhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2013/q1homework2013WA.pdfhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/q2homework2015.pdfhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/Q2homeworkWA.pdfhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/Quiz3homework2015.pdfhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/Quiz3homework2015WA.pdfhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/Quiz4homework2015.pdfhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/Quiz4homework2015WA.pdfhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/AY5SpectraLab.pdfhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/lines.gifhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/2015FinalReview.pdfhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/Quiz3homework2015.pdfshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1shapeimage_3_link_2shapeimage_3_link_3shapeimage_3_link_4shapeimage_3_link_5shapeimage_3_link_6shapeimage_3_link_7shapeimage_3_link_8shapeimage_3_link_9shapeimage_3_link_10
Instructor: Mike Bolte, Office: ISB333 Phone: 459-2384 Office hours: anytime! Send me an e-mail mbolte at ucsc.edu TA: Allison Hume Office: ISB1126 Office hours: Tu, 10-11am arhume at ucsc.edu TA: Jinbo Zhu Office: ISB356 Office hours: Th, 4-5pm jinbo at soe.ucsc.edu AY5_Syllabus.pdf Class: T/Th 8am - 9:45am Thimman Lecture Hall 3 Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 Lab grades Quiz 1 Histogram of scores Quiz 2 Histogram of scores Quiz 3 Histogram of scores Quiz 4 Histogram of scores Lab Histogram of scores mailto:mbolte@ucsc.eduhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/AY5_Syllabus.pdfhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2013/Quiz3Gradepost.pdfhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/AY5_2015Q1-4Lab.pdfhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/Q1Hist.tiffhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/Quiz2.tiffhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/Quiz3Hist.tiffhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/Quiz4Hist.tiffhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/LabHist.tiffhttp://www.ucolick.org/~bolte/AY5_2015/Unregistered_remotes.txtshapeimage_4_link_0shapeimage_4_link_1shapeimage_4_link_2shapeimage_4_link_3shapeimage_4_link_4shapeimage_4_link_5shapeimage_4_link_6shapeimage_4_link_7shapeimage_4_link_8

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Quiz 4 date: Tuesday June 2

Final: June 8, noon - 3pm



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