GES339 Cosmology


Recommended Links
* Ned Wright's Cosmology Tutorial (Good! This year, 2008, we're treating it as one of the texts.)
* Frequently Asked Questions in Cosmology (Related to the above tutorial.)
* Cosmology 101 (A good educational page from NASA)
* Origin Of Elements In The Big Bang (Actually H & He, but they account for 99.89% of all atoms)
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Distances Calculator (Redshifts and all that.)
* Redshift Exercise (Estimate a quasar distance from emision line data!)
* Age Of The Universe (From radioisotopes and stellar data, for comparison with cosmological results.)
* 2dF Redshift Survey Map (Structure in the modern universe of galaxies)
* Evolution of Structure (Computer simulation, which only worked when cold dark matter was assumed)
* A One-Page History Of The Universe! (Fun, and could have been even shorter by leaving out the X-Boson.)
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Bill Keel's WWW Gallery - Active Galaxies and Quasars A reasonable introduction. Includes the following links:
* Active Galaxies and Quasars - Evolution of Quasars
* Active Galaxies and Quasars - a Typical Quasar
* SAO Encyclopedia of Astromony Sweet Resource!

Message of the Day (Updated when you least expect it!)

Syllabus Spring 2008

Assignments:
Astronomical masses & dark matter.

Study Guides: (Also check assignments)
General Relativity:
Expansion Possibilities Different Densities and Cosmological Constants
Ages:
Ages of clusters
Distances:
Photometric Distances in Cosmology-Example: Type II Supernova
Photometric Distances in Cosmology-Example: Type Ia Supernova
Supernova Links Good supplement to class presentations, and short!
Big Bang Topics:
1. The Beginning of Time
2. Cosmic Background Radiation
3. The First Three Minutes
4. Cosmic Inflation