|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
Introduction to the Class |
|
|
|
Edmund Bertschinger |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
The Universe: Questions You were Afraid to Ask |
|
|
|
Edwin Taylor and Kristin Burgess |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
No Evening Seminar this Week, Just Recitation Section |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
Global Positioning System |
|
|
|
Thomas Herring |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
Einstein's Field Equations |
|
|
|
Edmund Bertschinger |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
Tracing Einstein's Development of the Special Relativity Theory |
|
|
|
Gerald Holton |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy --Sagittarius A* |
|
|
|
Frederick K. Baganoff |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
X-Ray Binaries and the Search for Black Holes |
|
|
|
Jeffrey McClintock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
Review Prepare for mid-term exam. The test covers: EBH, Thorne, Handouts, Homework, Weekly Seminars |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
The Universe and Three Examples |
|
|
|
Alan Guth |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
No Evening Seminar this Week, Just Recitation Section |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
LIGO: Detecting Gravitational Waves |
|
|
|
Nergis Mavalvala |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
Cosmic Structure Formation; From Inflation to Galaxies |
|
|
|
Edmund Bertschinger |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
Project Reports in Seminar; Project Reports in Recitation Section |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|