http://oyc.yale.edu These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 4. http://oyc.yale.edu/astronomy/frontiers-and-controversies-in-astrophysics This course focuses on three particularly interesting areas of astronomy that are advancing very rapidly: Extra-Solar Planets, Black Holes, and Dark Energy. Particular attention is paid to current projects that promise to improve our understanding significantly over the next few years. The course explores not just what is known, but what is currently not known, and how astronomers are going about trying to find out. No publisher admin Mercury Einstein’s Cosmological Constant logarithms anthropic principle fine structure constant JDEM (Joint Dark Energy Mission) quasar binary pulsar Hubble Diagram quantum mechanics string theory scale factor strong field relativity Kerr metric multiverse Jocelyn Bell concordance model big crunch Hubble space telescope Big Rip black hole standard candles double star hypothesis Hubble diagram Cepheids white dwarf Vulcan HD209458 COBE (Cosmic Background Explorer) Exoplanet momentum time-like intervals Doppler shift spectrum New Horizons mission Space Interferometry Mission (SIM) trans-Neptunian objects or Kuiper Belt objects dark matter planetary systems Eclipse mass-to-light ratio "Fermi" or "electron degeneracy" pressure semi-major axis perihelion space-like intervals escape velocity Hubble Law supermassive black holes radial velocity curves steady state Venus Alan Stern magnitude scale Lee Smolin Tau space-time coordinates event horizon dark energy epicycles cosmological constant Solar System geography Newton inertial mass selection effects apparent magnitude magnitude Jupiter Kepler mission Uranus pulsars black holes Massive Astrophysical Compact Halo Objects (MACHOs) Hubble Constant methane Copernicus Big Rip cosmology inner terrestrial planets Lorentz transformations hydrostatic equilibrium astrometry MOND (Modified Newtonian Dynamics) luminosity distance cosmic horizon cosmic microwave background migration Mars co-planar orbit wavelength parallax method Newton's Third Law dynamical masses Edwin Hubble Einstein cross absolute magnitude Lemaitre gravitational lenses Strong Anthropic Principle galaxy gravitational waves polar coordinates microlensing Kip Thorne Saturn planetary orbit sine curves Einstein's Theory of Relativity Pentagon Great Debate distance ladder Type 1a Supernovae peculiar motion Binary Pulsar Neptune ionization pressure Ptolemaic epicycles atomic transitions gravitational lensing carbon ISCO or Innermost Stable Circular Orbit active galactic nuclei periastron series expansion nuclear fusion Hot Jupiters Doppler measurements LSST (Large Synoptic Survey Telescope) Arthur Eddington density Mike Brown selection effect "singularity," naked singularity Kepler theory of planetary formation Large-Scale Clustering the Big Bang pulsating stars post-Newtonian approximation gamma Eddington neutron stars gravitational mass time dimension redshift planetesimals tachyon Photons Galilean moons Big Bang physics equations Type Ia Supernovae Vatican Astrophysical Observatory Weakly Interactive Massive Particles (WIMPs) neutrino Geiger counters Sirius clustering earthlike planet anti-gravity Cosmic Censorship Theorem observational science Voyager satellites electrical force muon general relativity velocity nova Harlow Shapley center of mass solar motion asteroid belt Cosmic Microwave Background radial velocity Sun Chandrasekhar Limit critical density post-Newtonian gravitational effects optical and infrared light Anthropic Principle universal expansion "face-on" and "edge-on" orbits Universe Planck's constant Cosmological Constant Doppler Shifts Hubble constant WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe) standard candle Galileo mission island universes Hubble’s Law Hubble diagrams Chandrasekhar limit space-time curvature Schwarzschild radius Two Degree Field (2DF) Musca Kepler’s laws space-time electromagnetic spectrum supernovae Supernova Cosmology Project compact object greenhouse effect Pluto vacuum energy normalizing Big Bang cosmology infrared background light Big Bang Theory Einstein post-Newtonian relativistic effects x-ray binary stars Laser Interferometer Gravity Observatory (LIGO) x-ray comets 51 Pegasus Alpha Centauri Newton's law coordinate system special and general relativity metric inner & outer planets moon speed of light reflex motion empty universe spiral nebulae standard bomb Planck units New York Times quasars lookback time radial velocity method helium parsec acceleration distance modulus the Big Rip laws of thermodynamics rotating magnetized neutron stars ideal gas relativistic mass "Contact" (film) cosmological redshift John Michell Galileo kinetic energy scientific method Omega Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) dynamically confirmed black hole candidates Stephen Hawking gravitational redshift accretion disk star stellar evolution special relativity Invariants transits microwaves epsilon metallicity Vega growth of structure 47 Tuc Hubble's constant radio astronomy Inner & Outer Solar System perigalacticon omega limiting cases Big Crunch x-ray astronomy Google exoplanets area of circle picometer metrology Milky Way electro-magnetic radiation orbit cosmology solar analog the first three minutes mass Poincare Schwarzschild metric Earth apparent and absolute magnitude position measurement and angular change Doppler shift Adam Riess 2009-10-22T12:49:34Z Course http://oyc.yale.edu/astronomy/frontiers-and-controversies-in-astrophysics/content/transcripts/transcript11.html The lecture begins with a comprehensive overview of the historical conditions under which Einstein developed his theories. Of particular impact were the urgent need at the turn of the 19th century to synchronize clocks around the world; Einstein's position at a patent office; and a series of experiments that he himself carried out. In 1905 Einstein published three papers that are still considered the greatest papers in the field of physics. The lecture then moves to General Relativity and how it encompasses Newton's laws of gravity. A visual demonstration shows how space-time undergoes curvature when mass is introduced. Class ends with a question-and-answer period on a variety of topics in Special Relativity. No publisher admin space-time inertial mass electrical force special relativity Lorentz transformations general relativity gravitational mass Poincare Planck units Einstein Galileo space-time curvature Schwarzschild radius 2008-02-18T20:59:36Z Page http://oyc.yale.edu/astronomy/frontiers-and-controversies-in-astrophysics/content/sessions/lecture11.html The lecture begins with a comprehensive overview of the historical conditions under which Einstein developed his theories. Of particular impact were the urgent need at the turn of the 19th century to synchronize clocks around the world; Einstein's position at a patent office; and a series of experiments that he himself carried out. In 1905 Einstein published three papers that are still considered the greatest papers in the field of physics. The lecture then moves to General Relativity and how it encompasses Newton's laws of gravity. A visual demonstration shows how space-time undergoes curvature when mass is introduced. Class ends with a question-and-answer period on a variety of topics in Special Relativity. No publisher admin space-time gravitational mass electrical force special relativity Lorentz transformations general relativity inertial mass Poincare Planck units Einstein Galileo space-time curvature Schwarzschild radius 2008-04-10T18:45:57Z Page http://oyc.yale.edu/astronomy The Department of Astronomy offers a wide range of physics and mathematics courses in addition to a series of courses on astronomy. Coursework and research focus on observational and theoretical discoveries, and both undergraduate and graduate students are provided hands-on opportunities to conduct research at prominent observatories around the world. The Department offers the Ph.D., B.A., and B.S. No publisher admin Mercury Einstein’s Cosmological Constant logarithms anthropic principle fine structure constant JDEM (Joint Dark Energy Mission) quasar binary pulsar Hubble Diagram quantum mechanics string theory scale factor strong field relativity Kerr metric multiverse Jocelyn Bell concordance model big crunch Hubble space telescope Big Rip black hole standard candles double star hypothesis Hubble diagram Cepheids white dwarf Vulcan HD209458 COBE (Cosmic Background Explorer) Exoplanet momentum time-like intervals Doppler shift spectrum New Horizons mission Space Interferometry Mission (SIM) trans-Neptunian objects or Kuiper Belt objects dark matter planetary systems Eclipse mass-to-light ratio "Fermi" or "electron degeneracy" pressure semi-major axis perihelion space-like intervals escape velocity Hubble Law supermassive black holes radial velocity curves steady state Venus Alan Stern magnitude scale Lee Smolin Tau space-time coordinates event horizon dark energy epicycles cosmological constant Solar System geography Newton inertial mass selection effects apparent magnitude magnitude Jupiter Kepler mission Uranus pulsars black holes Massive Astrophysical Compact Halo Objects (MACHOs) Hubble Constant methane Copernicus Big Rip cosmology inner terrestrial planets Lorentz transformations hydrostatic equilibrium astrometry MOND (Modified Newtonian Dynamics) luminosity distance cosmic horizon cosmic microwave background migration Mars co-planar orbit wavelength parallax method Newton's Third Law dynamical masses Edwin Hubble Einstein cross absolute magnitude Lemaitre gravitational lenses Strong Anthropic Principle galaxy gravitational waves polar coordinates microlensing Kip Thorne Saturn planetary orbit sine curves Einstein's Theory of Relativity Pentagon Great Debate distance ladder Type 1a Supernovae peculiar motion Binary Pulsar Neptune ionization pressure Ptolemaic epicycles atomic transitions gravitational lensing carbon ISCO or Innermost Stable Circular Orbit active galactic nuclei periastron series expansion nuclear fusion Hot Jupiters Doppler measurements LSST (Large Synoptic Survey Telescope) Arthur Eddington density Mike Brown selection effect "singularity," naked singularity Kepler theory of planetary formation Large-Scale Clustering the Big Bang pulsating stars post-Newtonian approximation gamma Eddington neutron stars gravitational mass time dimension redshift planetesimals tachyon Photons Galilean moons Big Bang physics equations Type Ia Supernovae Vatican Astrophysical Observatory Weakly Interactive Massive Particles (WIMPs) neutrino Geiger counters Sirius clustering earthlike planet anti-gravity Cosmic Censorship Theorem observational science Voyager satellites electrical force muon general relativity velocity nova Harlow Shapley center of mass solar motion asteroid belt Cosmic Microwave Background radial velocity Sun Chandrasekhar Limit critical density post-Newtonian gravitational effects optical and infrared light Anthropic Principle universal expansion "face-on" and "edge-on" orbits Universe Planck's constant Cosmological Constant Doppler Shifts Hubble constant WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe) standard candle Galileo mission island universes Hubble’s Law Hubble diagrams Chandrasekhar limit space-time curvature Schwarzschild radius Two Degree Field (2DF) Musca Kepler’s laws space-time electromagnetic spectrum supernovae Supernova Cosmology Project compact object greenhouse effect Pluto vacuum energy normalizing Big Bang cosmology infrared background light Big Bang Theory Einstein post-Newtonian relativistic effects x-ray binary stars Laser Interferometer Gravity Observatory (LIGO) x-ray comets 51 Pegasus Alpha Centauri Newton's law coordinate system special and general relativity metric inner & outer planets moon speed of light reflex motion empty universe spiral nebulae standard bomb Planck units New York Times quasars lookback time radial velocity method helium parsec acceleration distance modulus the Big Rip laws of thermodynamics rotating magnetized neutron stars ideal gas relativistic mass "Contact" (film) cosmological redshift John Michell Galileo kinetic energy scientific method Omega Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) dynamically confirmed black hole candidates Stephen Hawking gravitational redshift accretion disk star stellar evolution special relativity Invariants transits microwaves epsilon metallicity Vega growth of structure 47 Tuc Hubble's constant radio astronomy Inner & Outer Solar System perigalacticon omega limiting cases Big Crunch x-ray astronomy Google exoplanets area of circle picometer metrology Milky Way electro-magnetic radiation orbit cosmology solar analog the first three minutes mass Poincare Schwarzschild metric Earth apparent and absolute magnitude position measurement and angular change Doppler shift Adam Riess 2008-10-16T15:16:40Z Division