PHYS4000 Introduction to Astrophysics

Spring 2017

Final exam (with solutions) and image sheet

These are slides used for various classes

Midterm Exam: Test w/solutions and calcultions notebook

These are various items of interest. I will bring your attention to them in class.

This note explains CGS units (used by your book) and SI units (which you're used to).
A Mathematica notebook that derives some equations and quantities in Chapter Two of the textbook.
A Mathematica notebook for calculating the mass of the Sun from planet orbits.
A Mathematica notebook for calculating quantum mechanical tunneling through a square barrier.
Nuclear astrophysics measurements: 7Be(p,gamma) and a 1999 Compilation
Paper on neutron stars (and white dwarf stars) aimed at undergraduates.
Two papers on visualizing General Relativity: Vectors/Covectors and Curved spacetime
Timely discussion of the accelerating universe

These might be useful if you want to explore some topics in more depth with computation.