Chapter 22 (week 11 & 12)
- characteristics of neutron stars
- characteristics of pulsars
- characteristics of gamma ray bursts
- characteristics of black holes
- observations of black holes
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- neutron star
- pulsar
- black hole
- Schwarzchild raius
- event horizon
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Chapter 23 (week 12 & 13)
- Cepheid variable stars; distance method
- characteristics of the Milky Way
- parts of the galaxy
- spiral density wave theory
- orbital motion; rotation curve
- mass of the galaxy
- dark matter
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- dark matter
- disk
- central bulge
- spiral arm
- halo
- rotation curve
- Cepheid variable
- RR Lyra variable
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Chapter 24 (week 13, 14)
- classification of galaxies( different types)
- clusters and superclusters
- large scale structure (voids and sheets)
- Hubble's law
- distance with Hubble's law
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- local group
- Hubble "constant"
- clusters
- superclusters
- voids
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Chapter 26 (week 14 & 15)
- Hubble "constant" and the age of the universe
- fate of the universe
- geometry of the universe
- critical density
- cosmic acceleration
- cosmic microwave background
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- cosmological principle
- big bang
- open universe
- closed universe
- flat universe
- critical density
- omega-naught
- cosmological constant
- dark energy
- cosmic microwave background
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Chapter 27 (week 15)
- the early universe
- role of matter and radiation
- the radiation era
- the matter era
- formation of particles, nuclei, and atoms
- horizon and flatness problems
- inflation model
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- radiation dominated
- matter dominated
- primordial nucleosynthesis
- horizon problem
- flatness problem
- grand unified theories
- inflation
- decoupling
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