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The History of the Universe
Fall Quarter 2009
Mo We Fr 10:00 - 11:18 pm
Course Instructor: Prof. Barbara Ryden
Office: 4035 McPherson Lab (fourth floor), 140 W. 18th Ave.
Office Hours: Mo Tu 1:30 - 3 pm, We Fr 3 - 5 pm, or by appointment
Phone: 292-4562
Email: ryden@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
Menu:[On-Line Info|Lectures|Problem Sets|Grading]Course Syllabus[PDF version]
(Details about grading, office hours, course schedule, problem set due dates, and so forth.)Roof & Planetarium Nights
(On selected nights during the quarter, there will be a planetariumshow in Smith Laboratory, followed by an opportunity to view thesky through a 12-inch aperture telescope. If you attend a planetariumshow, make sure you sign the sign-up sheet to get your extra credit.)AstronomyPicture of the Day
(This provides a new astronomical image each day -- the subjects rangefrom distant galaxies to our home planet, the Earth.)Week 1 (Sep 23, 25)
Wednesday, September 23: Introduction [PDF notes]Friday, September 25: The Origins of Cosmology [PDF notes]
Week 2 (Sep 28, 30, Oct 2)Preparatory Reading = Chapters 1 & 2
Monday, September 28: Ancient Cosmology [PDF notes]Wednesday, September 30: Renaissance Cosmology [PDF notes]
Friday, October 2: Tools of Modern Cosmology [PDF notes]
Week 3 (Oct 5, 7, 9)Preparatory Reading = Chapter 3
Monday, October 5: Light [PDF notes]Wednesday, October 7: What is a Star? [PDF notes]
Friday, October 9: What is a Galaxy? [PDF notes]
Week 4 (Oct 12, 14, 16)Preparatory Reading = Chapter 4
Monday, October 12: Gravity [PDF notes]Wednesday, October 14: Stars and Galaxies in Motion [PDF notes]
Friday, October 16: The Elusive Dark Matter [PDF notes]
Week 5 (Oct 19, 21, 23)Preparatory Reading = Chapters 5 & 6
Monday, October 19: Why is it Dark at Night? [PDF notes]Wednesday, October 21: The Expanding Universe [PDF notes]
Friday, October 23: Newton versus Einstein [PDF notes]
Week 6 (Oct 26, 28, 30)Preparatory Reading = Chapter 7
Monday, October 26: Is the Universe Infinite? [PDF notes]Wednesday, October 28: Dark Energy [PDF notes]
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30: MIDTERM EXAM
Week 7 (Nov 2, 4, 6)Preparatory Reading = Chapter 8
Monday, November 2: The Cosmic Microwave Background [PDF notes]Wednesday, November 4: More Fun with Microwaves [PDF notes]
Friday, November 6: Energy & Power [PDF notes]
Week 8 (Nov 9, 11, 13)Preparatory Reading = Chapter 9
Monday, November 9: Stars as Nuclear Reactors [PDF notes]Wednesday, November 11: VACATION
Friday, November 13: The Early Universe as a Nuclear Reactor [PDF notes]
Week 9 (Nov 16, 18, 20)Preparatory Reading = Chapters 10 & 11
Monday, November 16: The Hot Big Bang [PDF notes]Wednesday, November 18: Density of the Universe [PDF notes]
Friday, November 20: Destiny of the Universe [PDF notes]
Week 10 (Nov 23, 25)Preparatory Reading = Chapter 12
Monday, November 23: Why is the Universe Lumpy? [PDF notes]Introduction To Cosmology Barbara Ryden Solutions
Wednesday, November 25: The Inflationary Universe [PDF notes]
Friday, November 27: VACATION
Week 11 (Nov 30, Dec 2, 4)Preparatory Reading = Chapters 13 & 14
Monday, November 30: Planets [PDF notes]Wednesday, December 2: Life [PDF notes]
Friday, December 4: Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? [PDF notes]
Problem Set 1: Due Wednesday, October 7, at class time
Problems [PDF]Problem Set 2: Due Wednesday, October 14, at class time
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Problem Set 3: Due Wednesday, October 21, at class time
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Problem Set 4: Due Wednesday, October 28, at class time
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Problem Set 5: Due Friday, November 13, at class time
Problems [PDF]Problem Set 6: Due Wednesday, November 18, at class time
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Problem Set 7: Due Wednesday, November 25, at class time
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Problem Set 8: Due Wednesday, December 2, at class time
Problems [PDF]TA's solution set [PDF]The course grade will be determined from the results of an in-class midterm(30 percent), a final exam (30 percent), and 8 problem sets (a totalof 40 percent). See the course syllabus for more details on exams, problemsets, and the makeup and grading policies.
Midterm Exam: Friday, October 30, in class
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Final Exam: Tuesday, December 8, 9:30am - 11:18am, in Scott Lab E004 (our usual classroom)
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Required text: Introduction to Cosmology by B. Ryden (Addison-Wesley) ... Reading quizzes, problem sets and solutions, and instructions for projects will be ... http://www.physics.uwo.ca/~pbarmby/courses/Astro4602_2010_v1.pdf
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Syllabus for Cosmology, ASTR 425, Winter 2007 Textbook: B. Ryden ...
Textbook: B. Ryden “Introduction to Cosmologyâ€. Instructor: Eric Agol, PAB B370, (206) 543-7106, agol@astro.washington.edu, office hour: M 3-4pm ... http://www.astro.washington.edu/users/agol/astr425/Syllabus.pdf
Syllabus Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology ASTR 323, Spring ...
Ryden “Introduction to Cosmologyâ€. • Mihalas & Binney “Galactic Astronomy. • Ryden & Peterson “Foundations of Astrophysicsâ€. My contact information: Office ... http://www.astro.washington.edu/users/agol/astr323/Syllabus050509.pdf
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS - Spring 2004 TEXT LIST June 5, 2006 7A. 1-3 ...
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ASTR 3740 — Cosmology and Relativity
Texts: There is one required text: Introduction to Cosmology (Ryden) will be our reference for cosmology. This text is extremely ... http://casa.colorado.edu/~jdarling/astr-3740_syllabus.pdf
Physics 608 Cosmology
Contains quite a bit of cosmological material in problem-solution format. ... Introduction to Cosmology, B. Ryden, 2003, Addison Wesley. ... http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~pryor/ph608/syllabus.pdf
Primordial Nucleosynthesis ∗
1The notation used, is from Introduction to Cosmology, Ryden [2003]. .... Inflationary universe: A possible solution to the horizon and flatness problems. ... http://amstel.strw.leidenuniv.nl/~yildiz/docs/yildiz_primonucleo.pdf
PHYS/ASTR 4080 Spring 2010 Professor: Kyle Dawson Office: INSCC ...
Textbook: Introduction to Cosmology, Barbara Ryden, 2003. HW: Due on Fridays at 5PM in mailbox of Kyle Dawson – Main Physics office. Introduction ... http://www.physics.utah.edu/~kdawson/p4080/CourseOutline.pdf
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PHYSICS 390 GRAVITATION AND PHYSICAL COSMOLOGY – SPRING 2005 ...
B. Ryden, Introduction to Cosmology (Addison Wesley, 2003). About the course: This is, ... I expect that submitted solutions will be neatly written and well ... http://www.depauw.edu/acad/physics/coursepages/p390s2005.pdf
Cosmology AS7009, 2009 Lecture 1
Introduction to cosmology. Barbara Ryden. ISBN 0-8053-8912-1. Around 500 SEK (e.g. AdLibris, Bokus) ... solutions if you have already attempted to ... http://ttt.astro.su.se/~ez/kurs/Cosmology09_handouts/Cosmology09_L1.pdf
Cosmology AS7009, 2008 Lecture 3
The cosmological constant. Covers half of chapter 3 + chapter 4 in Ryden. Recall from last time ... The R-W metric is an exact solution to Einstein's field .... introduction of Λ as his. â€greatest blunderâ€. The Cosmological Constant II ... http://ttt.astro.su.se/~ez/kurs/Cosmology08_handouts/Cosmology08_L3.pdf
AS 413 - Extragalactic Astronomy L• Cosmology Fall 2006, TR 11:00 ...
This course is intended to serve as an introduction to topics in ... Also, in order to receive full credit for a solution, students must always ... Galaxies in the Universe by Sparke & Gallagher and Introduction to Cosmology by Ryden. ... http://www.bu.edu/astronomy/files/2009/11/Brainerd-FA06.pdf
Physics 3368 Astrophysics and Cosmology Fall 2009
Required: Introduction to Cosmology by Barbara Ryden. Homework: There will be homework due at the end of each chapter. The due date for ... http://www.physics.smu.edu/scalise/phys_3368_fall09.pdf
Week #1 Handout, 2009.01.26
26 Jan 2009 ... Introduction to Cosmology, by Barbara Ryden ($77.49 new, $59.80 used). – Galaxies in the Universe: An Introduction, by Linda S. Sparke and ... http://corelli.sdsu.edu/courses/astro660_spring2009/reading/reading1/reading1.pdf
* pdfAstronomy 660: Galaxies and Cosmology San Diego State University ...
Recommended texts: Introduction to Cosmology (first edition), by Barbara Ryden. Galaxies in the Universe (second edition), by Sparke & Gallagher. ... http://corelli.sdsu.edu/courses/astro660_spring2009/handout/r1/r1.pdf
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Course text: Introduction to cosmology by Barbara Ryden. ... 24 hours after the due date (with a 25% grade penalty) at which point solutions will be ... http://www.phys.uvic.ca/courses/A405/A405_Spring_2010.pdf
Interactive Cosmology Visualization Using the HUDF
by MR Mechtley - Related articles http://biphenyl.org/papers/mechtley2008.pdf
JCAP01(2010)001
homogeneous and isotropic cosmological solution with the standard FRW form2 ..... [14] B. Ryden, Introduction to cosmology, Addison-Wesley, San Francisco ... http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/1475-7516/2010/01/001/jcap012010001.pdf
A primer on elliptic functions with applications in classical ...
Elliptic functions y(x; a) are defined as solutions of the nonlinear ...... [13] Ryden B 2003 Introduction to Cosmology (San Francisco: Addison-Wesley) ... http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0143-0807/30/4/007/ejp9_4_007.pdf
Shedding Some Light on Dark Energy – Lucas Rathmanner
MOND was proposed as solution to the dark matter problem rather than dark ... [7]: Introduction to Cosmology; B. Ryden 2003; Addison Wesley, San Francisco; ... http://www.astro.uu.se/~nisse/courses/kos2006/essays/rathmanner.pdf
Parallel Universes Level 1: The worlds beyond our horizon
21 Jan 2009 ... The solution for this problem could be indeed the existence of parallel universe. ... B. Ryden.2003, Introduction to Cosmology ... http://www.astro.uu.se/~nisse/courses/kos2008/essays/philipp.pdf
Title: 1604-2004 : supernovae as cosmological lighthouses (2005)
THOMPSON, Michael J. Title: Introduction to cosmology (2003). Author: RYDEN, Barbara. Title: Introduction to Fortran 90 for engineers and scientists (1997) ... http://www.astro.lu.se/Library/Newbooks/books06.pdf
Title: 21st century astronomy
Instructor's resource manual for Universe 7.ed. (See: FREEDMAN) (2004). Author: ... An introduction to galaxies and cosmology (2003). Editors: ... http://www.astro.lu.se/Library/Newbooks/books04.pdf
COSMOLOGY & CULTURE
Catalog description: Survey of modern physical cosmology, including Newtonian cosmology, ... Barbara Ryden, Introduction to Cosmology (Addison-Wesley, 2003) ... http://physics.ucsc.edu/~joel/Ay/233/Wk3-Dist-Horizons.pdf
PROBLEM SET 2
READING ASSIGNMENT: Barbara Ryden, Introduction to Cosmology,. Chapters 1-3. PROBLEM 1: A CYLINDRICAL UNIVERSE (10 points) ... http://ocw.alfaisal.edu/NR/rdonlyres/Physics/8-286Spring-2004/9CA0AAB7-ADD0-4047-BA51-9127A925F510/0/e8p2_1.pdf
UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM Centre for Particle Theory M.Sc. in ...
6 Oct 2009 ... M. Kaku, Quantum Field Theory: A Modern Introduction Oxford University Press ... will be given to current research in particle cosmology. ... solutions of classical field theories which are non-perturbative in nature. ... http://www.cpt.dur.ac.uk/export/sites/CPT/GraduateStudies/Handbook0910.pdf
The hot Big Bang is widely accepted as
with L, however, solutions for universes that expand with time—implying a beginning—were ...... Ryden, Barbara. Introduction to Cosmology. San Francisco: ... http://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/2005/PSCF6-05Phillips.pdf
SCIENCE EDUCATION FOR RURAL CHILDREN: FOCUS ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS ...
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EDUCATIONAL GUIDE 2009/2010
Walker cosmological solutions and the Schwarzschild solution for a black ...... 1) Ryden B., Introduction to cosmology. 2) Liddle A., An introduction to ... http://www1.phys.uu.nl/drstp/Educational guide/guide2009/LOTNstgids0910.pdfKishan Yerubandi Detailed Major Coursework as of Spring 2008 ...
Texts: Introduction to Cosmology (Ryden). Columbia: ASTR C3602. Spring 2006. ... Special relativity, Einstein field equations, Schwarzschild solution, black ... http://www.phys.uconn.edu/~yerubandi/detailed.pdf
More that 2800 solutions manuals (PART 2)
13 Jun 2009 ... If your wanted solutions manual is not in this list, also can ask me ...... Foundations of Astrophysics (Barbara Ryden & Bradley Peterson) .... An Introduction to Galaxies and Cosmology (Mark HJones & Robert. Lambourne) ... http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/pdf/Archive/Sci/sci.engr.manufacturing/2009-06/msg00007.pdf
PROBLEM SET 5
READING ASSIGNMENT: Barbara Ryden, Introduction to Cosmology, ... solution you write should be complete and self-contained. (I.e., you should ... http://ocw.unam.na/NR/rdonlyres/Physics/8-286Spring-2004/D5199F57-22F2-4483-A949-598B472B328F/0/e8p5_1.pdf
Photometric Redshifts for Galaxies in a Lensing Survey
by A Lowitz - Related articles http://physics.brown.edu/physics/undergradpages/theses/2009Theses/lowitz_thesis2009_final.PDF
A Tully-Fisher Relation for the Great Wall of Galaxies
6 May 2005 ... (Ryden 130). The surface brightness profile gives an indication of a galaxy's size. ..... The second solution is to fit an exponential function (equation in ..... yden, Barbara S. Introduction to Cosmology ... http://www.physics.brown.edu/physics/undergradpages/theses/Rohit_Hedge_Thesis.pdf
A mathematical analysis of the evolution of perturbations in a ...It is very important to remark that the solution for the scale factor given by ...... Ryden, B.: Introduction to Cosmology. Addison-Wesley, Reading (2003) ... http://www.springerlink.com/index/6234XJH3178Q6765.pdf
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Animal rights as a new environmental cosmology
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The Flat Spectrum Radio Luminosity Function, Gravitational Lensing ...
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