Astronomy 1020 - Concepts and Terms
Dr. Donald Gudehus
Chapter 3 (review)
Electromagnetic Radiation
Chapter 4 (New and review)
Pressure or Collisional Broadening
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
Chapter 18
Interstellar Absorption Lines
Interstellar Scintillation
Relative proportions of dust and gas
Chapter 19
Evaporating Gaseous Globules
Forces That Assist Collapse
Kelvin-Helmholtz Contraction
Seven Stages of Star Formation
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Advance of Perihelion of Mercury
"Black Holes Have No Hair"
Degenerate Neutron Pressure
Neutron Star Physical Properties (density, gravity, magnetic field,
radius, rotation)
Pulsar Physical Properties (lifetime, luminosity)
Chapter 23
Period-Luminosity Relation
Physical Properties of Galaxy (diameter, mass, number of stars,
rotational velocity, thickness)
Self-sustaining Star Formation
Chapter 24
Irregular Galaxies - Type I
Irregular Galaxies - Type II
Physical Properties of Galaxies (diameters, masses, mass/luminosity)
Relative Distance Indicators
Chapter 25
Physical Properties of Various Objects
Quasi-stellar Radio Source
Chapter 26
Microwave Background Radiation
Chapter 27
Primordial Nucleosynthesis
Ratio of photons to particles
Time when density of matter = density of radiation
Chapter 28