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1 Natural Science I: Quarks to Cosmos V Spring 2010 Meyer 121 Monday and Wednesday 11:00 a.m. 12:15 p.m. Instructor: Prof. Ingyin Zaw Office: Meyer 509 Office Phone: (212) Office Hour: Thurs. 11 a.m Noon Lab Section Day Time 2 Monday 1:00 2:40 p.m. 3 Monday 3:00 4:40 p.m. 4 Monday 5:00 6:40 p.m. 5 Tuesday 9:00 10:40 a.m. 6 Tuesday 11:00 12:40 p.m. 7 Tuesday 1:00 2:40 p.m. Course Description This course aims to introduce you to the modern understanding of the universe. Topics to be included are: stars and their relatives, such as white dwarfs, neutrons stars, supernovae and black holes; the structures of the universe, namely galaxies and galaxy clusters; the expansion of the universe, and the big bang theory, and the light from the birth of the universe; the constituents of the universe, including ordinary matter, dark matter and dark energy. Course Objectives Learn how to absorb qualitative information about a variety of science topics and discuss it. Understand how we try to understand the natural world through observation, experimentation, and theory. Specifically, Understand the constituents of matter and the objects in the universe at different length scales. Understand the laws of motion for ordinary and relativistic objects. Understand how the sun and other stars generate energy, form, and evolve. Understand the formation and behavior of the end product of stars, namely white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes. Understand what a galaxy is, how they form, and how they evolve. Learn the fundamental forces and particles that make up all ordinary matter, discuss the motivation for dark matter, dark energy and the energy budget of the universe. Understand the expansion and evolution of the universe. Tell the story of how the universe began with the Big Bang, and went from being devoid of stars and consisting of hydrogen and helium to one with stars that built up the elements. See how the efforts to understand the very small (quarks) and the very large (cosmology) intertwine to give us a fuller understanding of the universe. Course texts 1. Astronomy Today, Volume II: Stars and Galaxies, 6 th edition, Chaisson and McMillan 2. Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particle Physics, Martinus Veltman 3. Quarks to Cosmos Laboratory Manual, Spring /19/10 Page 1 of 5

2 Lectures Lectures are to help you learn the material, clarify what you are responsible for and to help you succeed on exams. At the beginning of each lecture, a list of questions will be handed out to guide you through the lecture. Some of these questions are answered in your books, but all will be discussed in class. NY Times readings A major goal of this course is to expose you to the wealth of research that is going on. To this end, you will be required to submit weekly (weeks marked in the schedule) three-paragraph summaries of one article in the NY Times science section. These will be submitted via to your TA. The summaries are due each Thursday. You MUST use the subject line Quarks to Cosmos:NYT. Homework Homework assignments are to help you understand the material and to prepare you for course examinations. Weekly homework assignments will be given out each Wednesday to be handed in the following Wednesday. Each assignment will consist of two to three problems. Turning in a complete assignment on time will count for 50% of the grade. The other 50% will be based on one problem which will be graded. The graded problem sets will be handed back in labs and the solutions will be posted on the course website a week after the assignment is handed in. Course Examinations There will be a midterm and a final exam. The examinations will be based on the material covered in lectures, homework, reading assignments, and labs, consisting of both conceptual and quantitative questions. The final will be cumulative in nature, covering all the material from the semester. For exams, you will need to bring a calculator. Examination Schedule and Course Grade Midterm examination: 20% Wednesday, March 10 NY Times summaries: 10% Homework assignments: 10% Laboratory: 30% Final examination: 30% Monday, May 10, 10:00 11:50 am Laboratory Sessions These weekly sessions are an important part of the course. You must be registered for one lab section. You will have to submit a lab report for each experiment performed. The lab report has to include answers to all questions and any data you may have collected. The lab report will be due in lab one week after the experiment has been performed. The laboratory sessions will be held in Silver 203 and will begin the week of January 25. Attendance The lab instructor will deduct points from your lab grade for arriving late or leaving early. Absence Policy Excused absences will only be given in the case of illness (with a doctor s note) or observation of a religious holiday. You must notify your lab instructor in advance in writing if you miss a lab due to religious reasons. All other absences will be considered unexcused and will result in a lab grade of zero. You cannot make up a lab by attending a laboratory session that you are not registered for. Late Homework Assigments Late homeworks handed in before the solutions are distributed will lose 01/19/10 Page 2 of 5

3 25%. If you hand in homework after the solutions have been posted, you will receive 25% for turning in a late assignment but will not receive any credit from the graded part of the homework. Late Lab Assignments Late assignments will be penalized. If you wish to submit a late lab report you must do so only at your laboratory instructor s office. Late NY Times summaries NY Times summaries will not be accepted late for any reason other than illness, supported by a doctors note. Lab Instructors Each lab instructor will hold a weekly office hour where you can discuss lecture and laboratory material. Office locations and office hour schedule will be announced in lab. Jonathan Roberts Abhishek Kumar Jia Liu Payman Norasteh jr198@nyu.edu abhishek.kumar@physics.nyu.edu jl3473@nyu.edu pn10@nyu.edu Missed Exams There are no make-up exams for students who miss the mid-term exam. If you miss the midterm because of illness, you must contact Prof. Zaw by phone or before the start of the exam and follow up with a doctor s note. If you miss an examination, for a valid reason (illness, injury or family emergency), your grade will be based on the following allocations: Midterm 20% x NY Times: 10% 10% Homework: 10% 15% Laboratory: 30% 35% Final examination (cumulative): 30% 40% Final Exam A make-up for the final examination will be given under truly exceptional circumstances, which must be discussed with Prof. Zaw before the examination. A doctor s note must be provided in the case of illness. In this case a grade of incomplete will be assigned and the make-up will entail taking the final exam for the next offering of this course, which is no sooner than Fall Please avoid making travel plans before the date of the final exam. No alternative date for the final examination will be offered before the end of the Spring 2010 semester. Religious Holidays If you will be absent for a religious holiday during the semester, you must inform your lab instructor and Prof. Zaw in advance. Class Web Site A Blackboard web site for this class will exist and will be accessible through your NYUHome account or by going to and logging on using your netid and the same password as that of your NYU account. You must have an active NYU account to access the site. 01/19/10 Page 3 of 5

4 Tentative Schedule of Topics, Readings and Laboratories Date Lecture Topic Reading Weekly Lab W Jan. 20 Overview and Introduction M Jan. 25 Energy, Momentum, and Motion C&M , A1 Mathematics Review (*) W Jan. 27 Force and Newton s Laws of Motion C&M M Feb. 1 Circular Motion and Kepler s Law of C&M Kinematics (*) Planetary Motion W Feb. 3 Elements, Atoms, Nuclei V , C&M 4.2, 4.4 M Feb. 8 Relativistic Motion V Newton s Second Law (*) W Feb. 10 Relativistic Energy V , C&M 22.6 M Feb. 15 The Sun: Energy Generation, Stellar C&M , Inverse Square Law (*) Parallax, Luminosity and Temperature , 1.7 W Feb. 17 Stellar Birth and Evolution C&M , M Feb. 22 Stellar Death C&M Parallax (*) W Feb. 24 Neutron Stars, Pulsars, and Black C&M Holes M Mar. 1 Electromagnetic Waves and Spectral Lines C&M Spectroscopic Analysis of Light (*) W Mar. 3 Wave Interference and Doppler Effect C&M 3.5, M Mar. 8 Telescopes C&M Midterm Exam Review W Mar. 10 Midterm Exam M Mar. 22 Milky Way and Other Galaxies C&M , Redshift (*) W Mar. 24 Supermassive Black Holes and Active C&M Galactic Nuclei M Mar. 29 Cosmic Rays Principle of Equivalence (*) W Mar. 31 Quantum Phenomena V M Apr. 5 Fundamental Particles V Photoelectric Effect (*) W Apr. 7 Forces and Force Carriers V , M Apr. 12 Symmetries, Unification, and the Higgs Boson V , 10 Building a Cloud Chamber (*) W Apr. 14 Accelerators and Detectors V , M Apr. 19 Dark Matter and Galaxy Evolution C&M Events from Z Decay (*) W Apr. 21 The Expanding Universe C&M M Apr. 26 The Accelerating Universe and Dark C&M Hubble s Law (*) Energy W Apr. 28 Cosmic Microwave Background and C&M the Big Bang M May 3 Catch up and Final Exam Review Monday, May 10 Final Exam 10:00 to 11:50 a.m. 01/19/10 Page 4 of 5

5 Frequently Asked Questions Q: I missed my lab because of sickness, can I make it up? A: No. The lab stations are disassembled every week and all labs are full, so there are no opportunities to make up labs. If you miss a lab, provide your TA and me with a doctor s note and that zero will not be counted against you. Q: I missed a lab or a test because I was sick, but didn t get a doctor s note. Can I still have that lab not counted? A: No. If you are too sick to be in class, that s very sick, extremely sick, even, and you should see a doctor. Q: I missed the midterm, can I make it up? A: No. If you have a note from a doctor, the final will have added importance. If you have no note, you will receive a zero. Q: I missed the final, can I make it up this semester? A: No. If you have a note from a doctor, then you will have the opportunity to take the final from the next time this course is offered in the fall. There will be no makeups this semester. That includes showing up or ing later in the day of the final. Q: I m going to Aruba on the day before the midterm/final. Can I take it early? A: Nope. Sorry. Q: I have special needs for test taking, which the university if aware of. What should I do? A: No problem. Please contact me directly and we ll arrange this. Q: Can I use a previous year s textbook? A: If it s the same book as for this class, it will probably be similar, but I will be using this year s textbook, and I won t check to see if the material is used in earlier years books. Q: Do I need to know all the material from the book? A: Tests are based upon lectures, labs, and HW. Some material in the lecture will not be found in the book. The best resources for what you need to know are the class lecture sheets, your labs, and your HWs. Q: Will you post the answers to the lecture sheets online? A: Nope, but I will happily go over any lecture sheet in office hours should you miss class. 01/19/10 Page 5 of 5

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