Dark Energy & overview of Cosmological parameters Today: Review last time Revisit the accelerating universe Look at values of cosmological parameters from.
Swift Novae – Julian Osborne – MAXI 1 st year meeting – Shibuya, Japan (30 Nov – 2 Dec) Swift Observations of Novae Julian Osborne & the Swift nova-CV.
The Expanding Universe. Getting the Distances to Galaxies is a “Big Industry” solar system 10 A.U. radar ranging Local Galaxy 100 pc stellar parallax.
Galaxies Please press “1” to test your transmitter.
Physics at the End of the Cosmic-Ray Spectrum
Galaxies Chapter 16. Our Milky Way Galaxy is only one of the many billions of galaxies visible in the sky. This chapter will expand your horizon to discuss.
Two types of supernovae Type I Supernova - hydrogen poor, light curve similar to a nova. Type II Supernova - lots of hydrogen, shows a characteristic “bump”
Chapter 10: The Death of Stars (part b) The evolution of low-mass vs. that of high-mass stars. Planetary nebulae and the formation of white dwarf stars.
Galaxies Chapter 13:. Galaxies Contain a few thousand to tens of billions of stars, Large variety of shapes and sizes Star systems like our Milky Way.
Ch. 11: The Deaths and Remnants of Stars (part a) The evolution of intermediate-mass stars. Planetary nebulae and the formation of white dwarf stars. Supernova.
Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts
Galaxies, AGN and Quasars
