ASTROPHYSICS 204
Lecture Notes
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Mon Feb 4: Lecture 1: The Expanding Universe, The Critical
Density, and the Age of the Universe
Wed Feb 6: Lecture 2: The Redshift and the Whispers
of Creation: The Cosmic Microwave Background
Mon Feb 11: Lecture 3: Spacetime and Geometry:
An Introduction to Special Relativity
Wed Feb 13: Lecture 4: More Spacetime and Geometry:
Lorentz Transformations
Mon Feb 25: Lecture7: The Early Universe,
Fluctuations, and the Development of Structure
Wed Feb 27: Lecture 8: The Formation of Bound
Structures, Hydrostatic Equilibrium, and Dark Matter Galaxy Formation