| Reminders/Assignments | |
| Finish Chapter 10 from Longair: Nucleosynthesis in the Early Universe |
| Chris to report FUSE D/H results | ||
| Discussion/comments/questions regarding the Physics Today Articles? | ||
| Research Homework Update | ||
| Dan finished phase 1, will start phase 2 | ||
| Chris, Sey, and Cassandra primary now | ||
| Volunteers (Sabrina and Cassandra, hint, hint) to report on FIRST/NVSS (radio), and 2MASS (near-IR)? | ||
| Presentation topics | ||
| Last week of class, 2 Wed., 4 Fri. | ||
| Plan for 20 minutes, plus questions. | ||
| Web-based powerpoint encouraged. | ||
| Topics: | ||
| Gunn-Peterson Test and Reionization | ||
| Supernovae and the Accelerating Universe | ||
| Weighing Supermassive Black Holes | ||
| The Hubble Deep Fields | ||
| Sub-millimeter (SCUBA) Galaxies | ||
| X-ray Background | ||
| Background in papers/proposals | ||
| Tasks | ||
| Identify from the SDSS EDR spectra (two levels) – lots of effort now vs. later | ||
| Morphology from SDSS images (two levels) | ||
| Bruzual & Charlot ISB modeling | ||
| Quasar measurements, derived properties | ||
| Compiling statistics, correlation analyses (lots of effort later vs. now) | ||
| Oversight, science, figures/tables, etc. | ||
| Will require individual meetings – schedule ASAP | ||