Astronomy 123: galaxies and expanding universe (lecture notes)

Schombert J.

Table of contents :
uoregon.edu……Page 0
Index of /~js/ast123/lectures……Page 1
Dwarf Elliptical M32……Page 3
History of Cosmology……Page 5
science, reductionism, determinism……Page 15
newtonian physics, electromagnetism……Page 21
Atomic Theory……Page 37
entropy……Page 46
wave-particle duality, uncertainity principle……Page 55
quantum tunneling, anti-matter……Page 62
elementary particles……Page 73
fundamental forces……Page 78
relativity……Page 85
mass/energy, black holes……Page 93
galaxies, Hubble sequence……Page 102
Hubble’s law, distance scale, quasars……Page 112
galaxy evolution, creation……Page 122
geometry of Universe……Page 131
quantum vacuum, quantum fluctuations……Page 139
unification, spacetime foam……Page 145
symmetry breaking, inflation……Page 149
anthropic principle……Page 160
baryongenesis……Page 167
nucleosynthesis, recombination……Page 177
baryon fraction, CMB……Page 186
dark matter……Page 193
origin of structure……Page 201
galaxy formation……Page 209
fate of the Universe……Page 217
http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~js/ast123/lectures/newtmtn.gif……Page 225