Winter 2014 Lecture Notes

Lecture 1 - Class Overview - PDF - Small images

Lecture 2 - Descriptive Astronomy - PDF - Small images

Lecture 3 - Forces, Orbits, Kepler's laws - PDF - Small images

Lecture 4 - Energy, Binding Energy - PDF - Small images

Lecture 5 - Distance Determination - Parallax, Cepheid Variables- PDF - Small images

Lecture 6 - Distance Determinations - HR Diagram, Type Ia Supenovae, Hubble's Constant - PDF - Small images

Lecture 7 - Electromagnetic Radiation, Blackbody Radiation, Greenhouse Effect - PDF - Small images

Lecture 8 - Quantum Mechanics and Spectra - PDF - Small images

Lecture 9 - Stellar Spectroscopic Analysis, Binary Mass Determinations - PDF - Small images

Lecture 10 - Interstellar Medium - PDF - Small images

Lecture 11 - Star Formation, Pressure - PDF - Small images

Lecture 12 - Hydrostatic Equilibrium, Minimum Star Mass, Hydrogen Fusion - PDF - Small images

Lecture 13 - CNO Cycle, Solar Surface, Solar Neutrinos PDF - Small images

Lecture 14 - Final Evolution of Low Mass Stars PDF - Small images

Lecture 15 - White Dwarfs and the Final Evolution of High Mass Stars - PDF - Small images

Lecture 16 - Iron Core Collapse, Neutron Stars and Nucleosynthesis - PDF - Small images

Lecture 17 - Supernovae (Observations) and Pulsars - PDF - Small images

Lecture 18 - Binary Evolution - Novae, Type Ia Supernovae, and X-ray Sources - PDF - Small images

Lecture 19 - Black Holes and Gamma-Ray Bursts - PDF - Small images