Astrophysics
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8. Introduction To Black Holes
Added 44 Views / 0 LikesFrontiers/Controversies in Astrophysics (ASTR 160) The second half of the course begins, focusing on black holes and relativity. In introducing black holes, ...
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4. Discovering Exoplanets: Hot Jupiters
Added 47 Views / 0 LikesFrontiers/Controversies in Astrophysics (ASTR 160) The formation of planets is discussed with a special emphasis on the bodies in the Solar System. Planetary...
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22. Supernovae
Added 37 Views / 0 LikesFrontiers/Controversies in Astrophysics (ASTR 160) Professor Bailyn offers a review of what is known so far about the expansion of the universe from observin...
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15. Supermassive Black Holes
Added 45 Views / 0 LikesFrontiers/Controversies in Astrophysics (ASTR 160) The lecture begins with a question-and-answer session about black holes. Topics include the extent to whic...
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The Truth Behind Sci-Fi And Wormholes
Added 37 Views / 0 LikesThis clip contains enhanced and edited extracts from Yales excellent on-line course Frontiers/Controversies in Astrophysics (ASTR 160) from lecture 9 (see he...
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16. Hubble's Law And The Big Bang
Added 44 Views / 0 LikesFrontiers/Controversies in Astrophysics (ASTR 160) The third and final part of the course begins, consisting of a series of lectures on cosmology. A brief hi...
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21. Dark Energy And The Accelerating Universe And The Big Rip
Added 47 Views / 0 LikesFrontiers/Controversies in Astrophysics (ASTR 160) Class begins with a review of the mysterious nature of dark matter, which accounts for three quarters of t...
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13. Stellar Mass Black Holes (cont.)
Added 41 Views / 0 LikesFrontiers/Controversies in Astrophysics (ASTR 160) Class begins with clarification of equations from the previous lecture. Four post-Newtonian gravitational ...
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14. Pulsars
Added 41 Views / 0 LikesFrontiers/Controversies in Astrophysics (ASTR 160) Professor Bailyn begins with a summary of the four post-Newtonian effects of general relativity that were ...
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20. Dark Matter
Added 40 Views / 0 LikesFrontiers/Controversies in Astrophysics (ASTR 160) This lecture introduces an important concept related to the past and future of the universe: the Scale fac...
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10. Tests Of Relativity
Added 47 Views / 0 LikesFrontiers/Controversies in Astrophysics (ASTR 160) The lecture begins with the development of post-Newtonian approximations from Newtonian terms. Several pro...
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11. Special And General Relativity (cont.)
Added 42 Views / 0 LikesFrontiers/Controversies in Astrophysics (ASTR 160) The lecture begins with a comprehensive overview of the historical conditions under which Einstein develop...
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17. Hubble's Law And The Big Bang (cont.)
Added 38 Views / 0 LikesFrontiers/Controversies in Astrophysics (ASTR 160) Class begins with a review of magnitudes and the problem set involving magnitude equations. Implications o...
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9. Special And General Relativity
Added 47 Views / 0 LikesFrontiers/Controversies in Astrophysics (ASTR 160) The discussion of black holes continues with an introduction of the concept of event horizon. A number of ...
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6. Microlensing, Astrometry And Other Methods
Added 42 Views / 0 LikesFrontiers/Controversies in Astrophysics (ASTR 160) The class begins with a discussion on transits important astronomical events that help astronomers to find...
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23. Other Constraints: The Cosmic Microwave Background
Added 59 Views / 0 LikesFrontiers/Controversies in Astrophysics (ASTR 160) Reasons for the expansion of the universe are addressed at the start of this lecture, focusing especially ...
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19. Omega And The End Of The Universe
Added 73 Views / 0 LikesFrontiers/Controversies in Astrophysics (ASTR 160) Class begins with a review of the issues previously addressed about the origin and fate of the universe. T...
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5. Planetary Transits
Added 44 Views / 0 LikesFrontiers/Controversies in Astrophysics (ASTR 160) Professor Bailyn talks about student responses for a paper assignment on the controversy over Pluto. The c...
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3. Our Solar System And The Pluto Problem
Added 46 Views / 0 LikesFrontiers/Controversies in Astrophysics (ASTR 160) Class begins with a review of the first problem set. Newton's Third Law is applied in explaining how exopl...
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24. The Multiverse And Theories Of Everything
Added 41 Views / 0 LikesFrontiers/Controversies in Astrophysics (ASTR 160) Professor Bailyn begins the class with a discussion of a recent New York Times article about the discovery...
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12. Stellar Mass Black Holes
Added 34 Views / 0 LikesFrontiers/Controversies in Astrophysics (ASTR 160) One last key concept in Special Relativity is introduced before discussion turns again to black celestial ...
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7. Direct Imaging Of Exoplanets
Added 35 Views / 0 LikesFrontiers/Controversies in Astrophysics (ASTR 160) Class begins with a problem on transits and learning what information astronomers obtain through observing...
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2. Planetary Orbits
Added 41 Views / 0 LikesFrontiers/Controversies in Astrophysics (ASTR 160) Exoplanets are introduced and students learn how astronomers detect their presence as well as the challeng...
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18. Hubble's Law And The Big Bang (cont.)
Added 44 Views / 0 LikesFrontiers/Controversies in Astrophysics (ASTR 160) Professor Bailyn returns to the subject of the expansion of the universe to offer explanations that do not...
