Courses
Spring 2017
AST 142: Elementary Astrophysics
Bausch and Lomb 407: Tu Th 11:05 - 12:20
Recitation: F 2:00 - 4:40
AST 142 covers celestial objects outside the Solar System. We discuss the formation and structure of stars, the structure and distribution of galaxies, and the origin and evolution of the Universe. The class meets twice per week for lectures and once weekly for a recitation. Students will also visit Mees Observatory to conduct observations when conditions allow.
Textbooks
The course textbook is Foundations of
Astrophysics
Barbara Ryden (ISBN-10: 0321595580). Other
useful texts include:
- The Physical Universe
Frank Shu - Statistics, Data Mining, and Machine Learning in Astronomy
Zeljko Ivezic, Andrew Connolly, Jacob VanderPlas, and Alex Gray - Bayesian Logical Data Analysis for the Physical Sciences
Phil Gregory
The course syllabus and lectures are available at my.rochester.edu.
Past Courses
| PHY 403 | Modern Statistics and the Exploration of Large Datasets |
| Spring 2016 | |
| Spring 2015 | |
| PHY 103 | The Physics of Music |
| Fall 2016 | |
| Fall 2015 |