ASTR 160 - Frontiers and Controversies in Astrophysics

ASTR 160 - Frontiers and Controversies in Astrophysics

24 Videos · Mar 3, 2007

About

This course focuses on three particularly interesting areas of astronomy that are advancing very rapidly: Extra-Solar Planets, Black Holes, and Dark Energy. Particular attention is paid to current projects that promise to improve our understanding significantly over the next few years. The course explores not just what is known, but what is currently not known, and how astronomers are going about trying to find out.

Course Homepage: [[http://oyc.yale.edu/astronomy/frontiers-and-controversies-in-astrophysics/]]

Course features at Open Yale courses page: *Frontiers and Controversies in Astrophysics *Syllabus *Class Sessions *Downloads *Survey

Updates: *Update 1 - The Kepler Mission *Update 2 - Do Black Holes Spin? *Update 3 - The “Dark Ages” and the Growth of Structure

Exams: *Midterm Exam 1 *Midterm Exam 1 Solutions *Midterm Exam 2 Solutions

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Lecture 19 - Mega and the End of the Universe

Charles Bailyn

Nov 24, 2009

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Lecture 15 - Supermassive Black Holes

Charles Bailyn

Nov 24, 2009

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Lecture 18 - Hubble's Law and the Big Bang (cont.)

Charles Bailyn

Nov 24, 2009

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Lecture 14 - Pulsars

Charles Bailyn

Nov 24, 2009

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Lecture 12 - Stellar Mass Black Holes

Charles Bailyn

Nov 24, 2009

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Lecture 9 - Special and General Relativity

Charles Bailyn

Nov 24, 2009

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Lecture 24 - The Multiverse and Theories of Everything

Charles Bailyn

Nov 24, 2009

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Lecture 13 - Stellar Mass Black Holes (cont.)

Charles Bailyn

Nov 24, 2009

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Lecture 11 - Special and General Relativity (cont.)

Charles Bailyn

Nov 24, 2009

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Lecture 10 - Tests of Relativity

Charles Bailyn

Nov 24, 2009

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44:03

Lecture 8 - Introduction to Black Holes

Charles Bailyn

Nov 24, 2009

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Lecture 16 - Hubble's Law and the Big Bang

Charles Bailyn

Nov 24, 2009

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Lecture 4 - Discovering Exoplanets: Hot Jupiters

Charles Bailyn

Nov 24, 2009

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Lecture 1 - Introduction

Charles Bailyn

Nov 24, 2009

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Lecture 17 - Hubble's Law and the Big Bang (cont.)

Charles Bailyn

Nov 24, 2009

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Lecture 20 - Dark Matter

Charles Bailyn

Nov 24, 2009

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Lecture 21 - Dark Energy and the Accelerating Universe and the Big Rip

Charles Bailyn

Nov 24, 2009

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Lecture 5 - Planetary Transits

Charles Bailyn

Nov 24, 2009

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Lecture 22 - Supernovae

Charles Bailyn

Nov 24, 2009

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Lecture 2 - Planetary Orbits

Charles Bailyn

Nov 24, 2009

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Lecture 6 - Microlensing, Astrometry and Other Methods

Charles Bailyn

Nov 24, 2009

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Lecture 7 - Direct Imaging of Exoplanets

Charles Bailyn

Nov 24, 2009

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Lecture 3 - Our Solar System and the Pluto Problem

Charles Bailyn

Nov 24, 2009

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Lecture 23 - Other Constraints: The Cosmic Microwave Background

Charles Bailyn

Nov 24, 2009

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