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Study Materials

These Handouts supplement the material covered in class.

TOPICS NOTES
Photon Trajectories Near a Black Hole (PDF)
Schwarzschild Effective Potential (PDF)
Introduction to the Schwarzschild Metric (PDF)
"Heuristic Approach to the Schwarzschild Geometry" by Matt Visser (PDF)
Newtonian Cosmology
 
Scale Factor vs. Time - plot 1
 
Scale Factor vs. Time - plot 2  
 
Hubble Constant vs. Time - plot 1  
 
Hubble Constant vs. Time - plot 2


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Physics Today Articles

Turner, Michael S. "Dark Energy: Just What Theorists Ordered." Physics Today 56, no. 4 (2003): 10-11.

Schwarzschild, and Bertram. "WMAP Spacecraft Maps the Entire Cosmic Microwave Sky With Unprecedented Precision." Physics Today 56, no. 4 (2003): 21-24.

Perlmutter, Saul. "Supernovae, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Universe." Physics Today 56, no. 4 (2003): 53-62.

Physics Today on-line journal
Atomic Mass Excesses (PDF)
Minkowski Diagrams

Pole Vaulter

Twin Paradox


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