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time -- MTTh 12:30 pm - 1:40 pm
place -- 356 Interdisciplinary Sciences Bldg (ISB).
instructor -- Greg Laughlin, laughlin@ucolick.org, 459-3208, 279 ISB.
office hours -- By appointment.
texts -- "Solar System Dynamics" by Murray and Dermott (1999; Cambridge University Press), "Galactic Dynamics" by Binney and Tremaine (1987; Princeton University Press). Both available at Slug Books.
course catalog description -- "Surveys dynamical processes in astrophysical systems on scales ranging from the planetary to the cosmological, stability and evolution of planetary orbtis, scatering processes and the few-body problem, processes in stellar clusters, spiral structure and galactic dynamics, galactic collisions, and evolution of large scale structure. This class is taught at the graduate level. Advanced undergraduates may enroll in this course with permission of the instructor.