Study previous test.
One could benefit from looking over the test reviews for PHY161
Study all my web chapters.
Do all the Z&G readings
Historical aspects of astronomy: Know
who did what
and when.
Do all problems
TERMS (Know concepts and definitions for):
Radial velocity, tangential velocity,
space velocity,
Doppler Principle, Doppler shift,
blueshift, redshift,
Kumar limit; Chandrasekhar limit,
Schwarzschild radius,
Cosmological Principle,
to mention a few.
TOPICS:
Trignometric parallax method
Proper motion
Photometry and the magnitude system
Absoltue magnitudes and luminosities
Monochromaticm polychroamatic, and bolometric bandpasses
Reddening
Nature of EM radiation.
Kirchhoff's Laws.
Quantum theory of radiation and the
Bohr atom.
Laws of radiation.
Planckian or Black Body radiation
curves.
Stellar spectra and the production
of absorption lines.
Properties of spectral lines and equivalent
widths.
The Doppler Effect
Radial velocity diagram for a binary
system/
Spectral Classes and relation to surface
temperature of a star.
The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram.
Properties of the groupings in the
H-R Diagram.
Determining stellar masses.
Distance modulus.
Spectroscopic parallax method.
Stellar Evolution:
Bok Globules
The order of the different stages
of stellar evolution.
Pre and post main-sequence evolutionary
tracks.
Degenerate electron pressure.
The defining characteristics of protostars,
main-sequence stars,
white dwarfs, neutron
stars, and black holes.
Theories of Relativity; The space-time
continuum;
Relation between curved space-time
and gravity.
Period-Luminosity Law.
Local Group.
Magellanic Clouds.
Types of star clusters, their properties,
and determining
their ages.
Stellar prototypes: RR Lyrae, Delta
Cephei, W Virginis, T Tauri, U Geminorum,
omicron Ceti.
Recent Topics:
QUESTIONS TO RESEARCH:
What is the
solar neighbor hood?
What is a parsec?
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