Astronomy 312: Galactic & Extragalactic Astronomy Spring 2022
Lecture: Tuesday and Thursday
Location: RITA 363
Time: TR 10:50 am - 12:05 pm
Instructor: Dr. George
Chartas
Office: RITA 307
Office
hours: TR 12:15 pm- 1:15 pm
Phone: (843)
953-3609
Email:
chartasg@cofc.edu
Schedule
We will
cover chapters 24-30 of the book An Introduction
to Modern Astrophysics, B. W. Carroll & D. A. Ostlie (2nd Ed.)
Please
let me know if you have a conflict with any of the test and final exam dates.
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11 Jan |
Ch. 24: The Milky Way Galaxy |
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13 Jan |
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18 Jan |
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20 Jan |
Ch. 25: The Nature of Galaxies |
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25 Jan |
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27 Jan |
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1 Feb |
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3 Feb |
Ch. 26: Galactic Evolution |
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8 Feb |
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10 Feb |
Test 1 Chapters 24 and 25 |
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15 Feb |
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17 Feb |
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22 Feb |
Ch. 27: The Structure of the Universe |
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24 Feb |
Presenter: John Silva Ultraluminous X-ray Sources (~15 min) |
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1 Mar |
Presentation: Cameron Fish Cosmic Star-Formation History (~15 min) |
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3 Mar |
Presentation: Seth Zoppelt The Faintest Dwarf Galaxies (~15 min) Presentation: Aly Nida Intermediate-Mass Black Holes (~15 min) |
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8 Mar |
Spring Break: No
Classes |
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10 Mar |
Spring Break: No
Classes |
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15 Mar |
Ch. 28: Active Galaxies |
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17 Mar |
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22 Mar |
Test 2 Chapters 26 and 27 |
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24 Mar |
Presenter: Jenna Snead Relativistic Jets from AGN (~15 min) Presenter: Eliza Frankel Star-Forming Galaxies at Cosmic Noon (~15
min) |
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29 Mar |
Presenter: Filippo Savoia The coevolution of Galaxies and SMBHs (~15
min) Presenter: Jonathan Moody The Evolution of the Star-Forming ISM
Across Cosmic Time (~15 min) |
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31 Mar |
Presenter: Erika Hamilton Coevolution (or not) of SMBHs and Host
Galaxies (~15 min) Presenter: Rhian Purves Stellar Dynamics and Stellar Phenomena Near
a Massive Black Hole |
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5 Apr |
Ch. 29: Cosmology |
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7 Apr |
SSM EXPO |
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12 Apr |
Presenter: Colin Kane Fast Radio Bursts: AN Extragalactic Enigma (~15
min) Presenter: Erin Santanello Understanding Galaxy Evolution Through Emission lines (~15 min) |
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14 Apr |
Presenter: Tri Nguyen MHD Simulations of AGN Disks and Jets (~15
min) |
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19 Apr |
Presenter: Matt Emery Cosmological Tests of Gravity (~15 min) Presenter: Frankie Hawkeswort Powerful Outflows and Feedback from Active Galactic Nuclei (~15 min) |
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21 Apr |
Ch. 30: The Early Universe |
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26 Apr |
Reading Day |
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28 April |
FINAL EXAM (10:30 am – 12:300
pm) |
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