Astronomy and Astrophysics 117
High Energy Astrophysics
Spring 2007
University of California, Santa Cruz

Lecture: MWF 9:30 to 10:40 am, Earth & Marine Sciences Building, Room B210

Instructor: David A. Williams
Office: 319 Natural Sciences 2
Phone: (831) 459-3032
Email: daw@scipp.ucsc.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday 1:30-3:30 pm, through June 6 (except May 30); and by appointment
Special office hours, Wednesday, June 13, 2-4 pm



Text: High Energy Astrophysics, second edition, volumes 1 and 2
by Malcolm S. Longair, Cambridge University Press, 1992 (vol. 1) and 1994 (vol. 2)
Both volumes of the text should be available in the campus bookstore

Course Materials

Summary

Lecture schedule and reading assignments for the whole course

Course Project

The course project is due in class on the last day of class, June 8

Description of Course Project

List of Sources for Course Project

Assignments for Course Project

Link to sign into UCSC library for online access to electronic journals

Link to NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) Astronomy and Astrophysics Search

Homework

Homework #1 Due in class on April 20. Solutions

Homework #2 Due in class on April 30. Solutions

Homework #3 Due in class on May 11. Solutions

Homework #4 Due in class on May 18. Solutions

Homework #5 Due in class on May 30. Solutions

Total possible homework score was 395 and the average score was 259, with a high of 360 and a low of 129. Homework grades corresponding to a particular score, and the number of each:

A+>3472
A>3106
A->2733
B+>2562
B>2416
B->2371
C+>2311
C>2204
C->2021
D>1702
F<1701



Final Exam

Total possible score was 100 and the average score was 63, with a high of 96 and a low of 29. Grades corresponding to exam scores, and the number of each:

A+>922
A>833
A->801
B+>714
B>664
B->566
C+>531
C>443
C->392
D>351
F<362


Final Grades

The distribution of final grades is:

A4
A-6
B+6
B5
C+4
C4

Last Updated: June 22, 2007