ASTR 5770 Cosmology Fall 2025: Timetable
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ASTR 5770 Cosmology Fall 2025: Timetable| Week | Monday | Wednesday | Friday | |||||
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| 1. Syllabus | Aug 17 | Aug 19 | Aug 21
First day of classes |
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| 2.
Cosmology overview
Ch 10.1–13 |
Aug 25 | Aug 27 | Aug 29 | |||||
| 3. Ch 10.14–24 | Sep 1
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Sep 3
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Sep 5
Last day to drop for free |
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| 4.
Special Relativity
Ch 1 |
Sep 8 | Sep 10
A Slower Speed of Light
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Sep 12
The Rules of 4-dimensional Perspective |
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| 5. General relativity Ch 2.1–9 | Sep 15 | Sep 17
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Sep 19 | |||||
| 6. Ch 2.10–17, Ch 4.1–8 | Sep 22
Emmy Noether |
Sep 24
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Sep 26
10 years of BH mergers |
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| 7.
Ch 2.19–26,
Ch 10.17–24
metric.nb |
Sep 29
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Oct 1
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Oct 3 | |||||
| 8.
Ch 10.25–27
Big Bang Nucleosynthesis Stat mech & BBN notes Stat mech notes from ASTR 5110 |
Oct 6 | Oct 8
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Oct 10
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| 9. Tetrad approach to General Relativity
Ch 11
tetrad.nb | Oct 13 | Oct 15
Cosmological Li problem |
Oct 17
Anonymously evaluate this course (Center for Teaching & Learning advice) |
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| 10. Cosmological Perturbations
Ch 28 |
Ch 26, 28, 29
Oct 20
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Oct 22
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Oct 24
Assign reviewers for Project |
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| 11.
Perturbation theory
Ch 26 |
Oct 27 | Oct 29
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| 12. Ch 29, 30, 31 | Nov 3 | Nov 5
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Nov 7
Mass-radius relation for cold matter |
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| 13. | Nov 10
Project presentations |
Nov 12
Project presentations |
Nov 14
Project presentations |
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| 14. Chs 32, 33, 34 | Nov 17
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Nov 19
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Nov 21 | |||||
| 15. | Fall Break | |||||||
| 16. Last week of classes | Dec 1 | Dec 3 | Dec 5
Last day of classes |
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| 17. Exam week | Dec 8 | Dec 10
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Dec 12 | Sat Dec 13
Grades due |
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Updated 2025 Nov 7