Physics 100 Module 5 Class Schedule and Readings

Week  Topic  Lab Exercise
Reading 

Homework
4 Nov Measuring Mass of Stars and Galaxies Using the Laws of Motion and Gravity

Dark Matter in Galaxies

Dark Matter in the Universe

November 4: Remote Observing (in N332) for the ALFALFA project using the Arecibo Observatory 305-m telescope.

Links about atomic hydrogen (HI)
21-cm radiation

What can we measure with the HI line?

HI distribution in galaxies

Review Properties of Light
Powers of Ten Images

Ingredients of the Universe

Newton's Law of Motion
Universal Law of Gravity
Orbits
Masses of Stars
The Mass-Luminosity Relation for stars


Types of Galaxies
Masses of Galaxies
Clusters of Galaxies
New record for darkest galaxy

Homework #1 due Monday, Nov 10


Solutions available on Blackboard - see Module 5.
 11 Nov Dark Matter in the Universe

Dark Matter Candidates

Dark Energy

Dark Matter Activity: Masses of Galaxies

Link to ALFALFA galaxies

Due Wednesday, Nov 12

Dark Matter at the The Universe Adventure

Why Dark Matter?

Standard Model of the Universe
Dark Matter Candidates
Searches for Dark Matter

Dark Matter and Energy Summary
Dark Energy at Universe Adventure

OPTIONAL reading on A modified LAW OF GRAVITY????!!!:
Scientific American article on Modified Newtonian Dynamics by Mordehai Milgrom (PDF file)
No Dark Energy Either?

Homework #2 due Monday, Nov 17
14 Nov Final Exam
Thursday, November 20
8:30 - 10:30 AM
N300
     

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