Spring 2024
PHYS 114: INTRODUCTION TO DATA REDUCTION WITH APPLICATIONS
Lecture Week 1 [Jan 14]: Introduction to PHYS 114 for Spring 2024
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Lecture Week 2 [Jan 21]: Federal Funding and Figures
Lecture Week 3 [Jan 28]: Typical Grant Packages and The Forward Model
Lecture Week 4 [Feb 4]: Signal to Noise Ratio: Application to Speed Enforcement
Lecture Week 5 [Feb 11]: Introduction to PDFs, Exam 1 Review Session, and Exam 1
Lecture Week 6 [Feb 18]: Chap 2
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Lecture Week 7 [Feb 25]: Chap 4a: Estimation Theory
Lecture Week 8 [Mar 3]: Chap 4b: Chi-Square and Lidar Forward Model
SPRING BREAK
Lecture Week 9 [Mar 17]: Chap 6-9: Fitting the Curve
Lecture Week 10 [Mar 24]: Review and Exam 2
Lecture Week 11 [Mar 31]: Introduction to DSP: Common functions, LTI Systems, and FT/DFT/FFT
Lecture Week 12 [Apr 7]: Introduction to DSP: Convolution
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Lecture Week 13 [Apr 14]: Introduction to DSP: Fourier Transform Pairs and Windowing
Lecture Week 14+15 [Apr 21]: Introduction to DSP: Filter Theory
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Final Exam Review Session Recording
PHYS 202: INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY AND COSMOLOGY
Lecture Week 1 [Jan 14]: CLASSES CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
Lecture Week 2 [Jan 21]: Introduction to PHYS 202 for Spring 2024 and Chap 2
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Lecture Week 3 [Jan 28]: Chap 3 and Chap 4
MAKEUP Lecture Week: Chap 5 and Chap 6
Lecture Week 4 [Feb 4]: Chap 7: Overview of Our Solar System + EXAM 1
Lecture Week 5 [Feb 11]: Chap 8+9+10[Mars]: Earth and Cratered Worlds
Lecture Week 6 [Feb 18]: Chap 10[Venus] and Chap 11+12: Venus and Jovian Planets, Moons, and Rings
Lecture Week 7 [Feb 25]: Chap 15+16: The Sun
Lecture Week 8 [Mar 3]: Chap 17+18: Starlight and The Stars
SPRING BREAK
Lecture Week 9 [Mar 17]: Chap 19+20 Distances, Gas, and Dust in Space
Lecture Week 10 [Mar 24]: CSTR Overview + Exam 2
Lecture Week 11 [Mar 31]: Chap 21+22: Birth and Evolution of Stars
Lecture Week XXX [Apr 7]: MISSED! Solar Eclipse
Lecture Week 12 [Apr 14]: Chap 23+24: The Death of Stars and Black Holes
Lecture Week 13 [Apr 21]: Chap 29: Big Bang and Cosmology