Date | Slides (pdf) | Notes (pdf) | Recording |
Jan 16 |
The Missing Mass Problem |
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Zoom |
Jan 18 |
Flavors of Dark Matter |
Dark matter Candidates |
Zoom |
Jan 23 |
Galaxies & Clusters of Galaxies |
Virial Theorem |
Audio |
Jan 25 |
Disk Stability |
The Oort Discrepancy |
Audio | Transcript |
Jan 30 |
Baryonic content of galaxies |
Mass components
Stellar populations |
Audio | Transcript |
Feb 1 |
Orbits & Disk Heating Limits |
Oort Constants & Epicycles
Potential-Density Pairs |
Audio |
Feb 6 |
Dark Matter Halos |
Halo models |
Overdensities
NFW math |
IAU 100 |
Audio |
Feb 8 |
Rotation Curves & Tully-Fisher |
Laws of Galactic Rotation
Tully-Fisher scalings |
Audio |
Feb 13 |
Rotation curve shapes & the RAR |
Galactic Laws elaborated |
Audio |
Feb 15 |
Elliptical galaxy dynamics |
Phase space |
Audio |
Feb 20 |
Astroparticle seminar: Mechanical sensors for dark matter and neutrinos |
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Feb 22 |
Rotation curve fitting |
Monolithic galaxy formation |
Halo Models
Hierarchical structure formation |
Overdensities |
Audio |
Feb 27 |
Galaxy formation |
Adiabatic Compression
| Audio |
Feb 29 |
CDM "small scale" problems |
Mass functions Example
Feedback scheme |
Zoom fail |
Mar 5 |
Midterm review |
Midterm Review |
Audio |
Mar 7 |
Midterm |
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Mar 12, 14 | Spring Break | - | - |
Mar 19 |
Galaxy Clusters |
Timing Argument
Orbit Theory |
Audio (failed at 0:56) |
Mar 21 |
Gravitational Lensing |
Gravitational Lensing
Kamionkowski notes |
Audio fail |
Mar 26 |
Missing Mass Problems |
Neutrino Hierarchy |
Audio |
Mar 28 |
Baryon Density Ωb |
Big Bang Nucleosynthesis |
Audio |
Apr 2 |
Mass Density Ωm |
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Audio |
Apr 4 |
Weakly Interacting Massive Particles |
WIMP Channels |
Audio |
Apr 9 |
WIMP Detection Experiments |
(Eclipse discussion) |
Audio |
Apr 11 |
Dark Matter Canddiates |
Non-WIMP Dark Matter |
Audio |
Apr 16 |
Modified Gravity |
MOND Basics |
Audio |
Apr 18 |
MOND Successes |
MOND Predictions |
Audio |
Apr 23 |
Other Tests of MOND |
- |
Audio fail |
Apr 25 |
Final Review |
Final Review
Anisotropy |
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May 2 |
Final (12-3PM) |
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