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 schedule ASTR 5770 Cosmology Fall 2021: Timetable

Week Monday Wednesday Friday
1. Ch 10.1–7 Aug 23 Aug 25 Aug 27
2. Ch 10.8–19 Aug 30 Sep 1
Problem Set 1 due in class
Sep 3
3. Ch 1 Special Relativity Sep 6
Labor day (no class)
Sep 8
Problem Set 2 due in class
Last day to drop for free 		Sep 10
4. Ch 2.1–5
metric.nb 		Sep 13 Sep 15
Problem Set 3 due in class
Sep 17
5. Ch 2.6–18, Ch 4.1–8 Sep 20 Sep 22
Problem Set 4 due in class
Sep 24
6. Ch 2.19–27, metric.nb, Ch 10.17–24 Sep 27
Fiske: “Universe”
Sep 29 Oct 1
7. Ch 10.24–27
Stat mech & BBN notes
Stat mech notes from ASTR 5110
Big Bang Nucleosynthesis 		Oct 4 Oct 6
Problem Set 5 due in class
Oct 8
8. Ch 11
tetrad.nb 		Oct 11 Oct 13
Problem Set 6 due in class
Oct 15
9. Ch 28 Oct 18 Oct 20
Problem Set 7 due in class
Oct 22
10. Ch 26, 28, 29 Oct 25 Oct 27 Oct 29
11. Ch 29, 30 Nov 1
Fiske: “Galaxies”
Nov 3
Problem Set 8 due in class
Nov 5
12. Nov 8
Presentations 		Nov 10
Presentations 		Nov 12
Presentations
13. Ch 30, 31 Nov 15 Nov 17 Nov 19
14. Fall Break
15. Chs 32, 33, 34 Nov 29
Invited lecture by Prof. Nils Halverson “Polarization of the CMB”
FCQs open 		Dec 1
Problem Set 9 due in class
Dec 3
16. Last week of classes Dec 6
FCQs close at midnight 		Dec 8
Last class 		Dec 10
Reading day (no class)
17. Exam week Dec 13 Dec 15
Take-home final due at noon
Dec 17

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