READING AND HOMEWORK ASSIGMENTS
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Reading Assignments are from An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics, by B.W. Carroll & D.A. Ostlie
HW Assignments are due by 4:30PM, Thursday, of the week indicated. Be sure to follow the class H/W policies and the University's rules on academic integrity.
| Week of | Reading Assignment | HW Assignment |
| Jan 20 | Chap 18.2 (tides), Chap 3.4-3.5 (BB radiation) | none |
| Jan 27 | Chap 18.3 (atmos) | Assignment 1 |
| Feb 3 | Chap 18.3 (atmos) | Assignment 2 |
| Feb 10 | Chap 19 | Assignment 3 |
| Feb 17 | (Feb 20: in class exam) | none |
| Feb 24 | Chap 21.5 (SS formation), Chap 10.3 (p.329 & 330) (Mechanical energy of collapse) | none |
| Mar 3 | Chap 12.2 (p. 447-449) (Jeans mass), Chap 12.3 (p. 463 and p. 468-471) (Eddington limit, T Tauri stars) | Assignment 4 |
| Mar 11 | Exoplanets | Assignment 5 |
| Mar 17 | SPRING BREAK | none |
| Mar 24 | Chap 27.1 (p. 1221 & 1222) (Olber's Paradox) Chap 23.1 & 23.3 (p. 1011 - 1016) (Nature of Galaxies) Chap 22.3 (p. 958 & 959) (Galaxy Rotation Curves) Chap 25.2 (Expansion of the Universe) | cancelled |
| Mar 31 | Chap 27.2 (Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation) (Apr 3: in class exam) | none |
| Apr 7 | Chap 27.1 Newtonian Cosmology | Assignment 6 |
| Apr 14 | Chap 27.2 CMB | Assignment 7 |
| Apr 21 | Chap 28.1 Big Bang Nucleosynthesis | Assignment 8 |
| Apr 28 | Chap 27.3 Proper Distances, Chap 28.2 Inflation | Assignment 9 |
| May 9 | FINAL EXAM (cumulative) | ... |
Please send any comments to Jack Hughes, jph@physics.rutgers.edu.
Revised April 24, 2003