PHYS 163 - Galaxies and Quasars

This is an upper division astrophysics course. I led weekly problem sessions and office hours for a class of ~30 (50) students in Spring 2020 (Winter 2021).

[Winter 2021 Student Evaluation]     [Winter 2021 Instructor Evaluation]

[Spring 2020 Student Evaluation]     [Spring 2020 Instructor Evaluation]

Here are the notes and recordings for the problem sessions:
Week 2 – Surface Brightness
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Week 3 – Galactic Rotation
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Week 4 – Virial Theorem
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Week 5 – Motions Under Gravity
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Week 6 – Midterm Review
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Week 7 – Tully-Fisher Relation
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Week 8 – Hot Gas & Black Holes
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Week 9 – Friedmann Cosmology
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