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Tutors can help IUB students with brainstorming, outlining, grammar, content, formatting, and revising.
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Long-Term Writing Assignment
For this project, you will (in consultation with me) choose a topic in extragalactic astrophysics that interests you. You will then independently research your chosen topic, and write a paper presenting what you have learned from your research. The paper should be a minimum of 6 double-spaced pages in length. Throughout the text of the paper, you must properly cite the sources you used for your research. You should also include a complete listing of your references at the end of the paper. Please see me well in advance if you need instructions about how to properly cite your references!
Milestones/Due Dates:
Choose a term paper topic, in consultation with me (via email, Canvas messages, or Zoom) by Tuesday, Nov 15th at 7:00 pm.
Turn in a detailed (~1 page) outline + list of at least 4 sources you plan to use (I will give you
feedback/suggestions on your outline) No later than Tuesday, Nov. 29, 11:59 pm, 2022.
Hand in the final version of the paper Friday, Dec 9, 2022 by 11:59 pm.
Full-Text Journals
If you have a run-in with a paper that is asking you to pay, take down the journal name, volume, and article title and take a look in Serials Solutions. It is linked from the main library page or right here - Online Full-Text Journals. You can find electronic copies of most of the journals IU subscribes to by journal title.
Links to the ADS, Samples of IU Library e-Books, Popular Journals, and Peer-Reviewed Journals
Galactic Bulges by ISBN: 9783319193786Publication Date: 2015-09-29This book consists of invited reviews on Galactic Bulges written by experts in the field. A central point of the book is that, while in the standard picture of galaxy formation a significant amount of the baryonic mass is expected to reside in classical bulges, the question what is the fraction of galaxies with no classical bulges in the local Universe has remained open. The most spectacular example of a galaxy with no significant classical bulge is the Milky Way. The reviews of this book attempt to clarify the role of the various types of bulges during the mass build-up of galaxies, based on morphology, kinematics and stellar populations and connecting their properties at low and high redshifts. The observed properties are compared with the predictions of the theoretical models, accounting for the many physical processes leading to the central mass concentration and their destruction in galaxies. This book serves as an entry point for PhD students and non-specialists and as a reference work for researchers in the field.
Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems by ISBN: 9789400756120Publication Date: 2013-03-17Vol. 5, Galactic Structure and Stellar Populations
Galaxy Formation by ISBN: 9783540734789
Journey Through the Universe by ISBN: 1107073464Publication Date: 2014-01-01Particularly chapters 20-23.
Chemical Evolution of Galaxies by ISBN: 9783642224911Publication Date: 2012-01-01"Outlines theoretical models of chemical evolution of galaxies and compares them with observational results.
Treats all main aspects of chemical evolution of galaxies in a didactical and logical order."
The Synthesis of the Elements by ISBN: 9783642283857Publication Date: 2012-04-13This book describes the origins and evolution of the chemical elements we and the cosmos are made of. The story starts with the discovery of the common elements on Earth and their subsequent discovery in space. How do we learn the composition of the distant stars? How did progress in quantum theory, nuclear physics, spectroscopy, stellar structure and evolution, together with observations of stars, converge to provide an incredibly detailed picture of the universe? How does research in the micro-world explain the macro-world? How does progress in one affect the other, or lack of knowledge in one inhibit progress in the other? In short, Shaviv describes how we discovered the various pieces of the jigsaw that form our present picture of the universe; and how we sometimes put these in the wrong place before finding in the right one.
Dynamics of the Milky Way by ISBN: 9783319187723Publication Date: 2015-06-15This work presents a study of methods useful for modeling and understanding dynamical systems in the Galaxy. A natural coordinate system for the study of dynamical systems is the angle-action coordinate system. New methods for the approximation of the action-angle variables in general potentials are presented and discussed. These new tools are applied to the construction of dynamical models for two of the Galaxy's components: tidal streams and the Galactic disc. Tidal streams are remnants of tidally stripped satellites in the Milky Way that experience the effects of the large scale structure of the Galactic gravitational potential, while the Galactic disc provides insights into the nature of the Galaxy near the Sun. Appropriate action-based models are presented and discussed for these components, and extended to include further information such as the metallicity of stars.
Popular Astronomy and Science Magazines / Peer-reviewed astronomy journals
- AstronomyIllustrations, color photography, popular magazine in Astronomy.
- New ScientistUK-based, general science magazine
- Physics TodayPhysics Today, the flagship publication of the American Institute of Physics, is the most influential and closely followed physics magazine in the world.
- Science News1975 - present, Society for Science and the Pubilc, this bi-weekly magazine offers more of a journalistic treatment of the latest breakthroughs, including those in astronomy and astrophysics.
- Scientific American
2005-2015 access to articles online
The following are higher level, refereed scholarly journals in astronomy and astrophysics. Use the link to ADS (Astrophysics Data System) above to find articles, particularly in the following, well-known peer-reviewed titles. The libraries subscribe to all of these, so you should have no trouble getting to full-text. Google Scholar may also be useful as you carry out a literature review on your topic. Contact the library if you're having trouble connecting off campus.
The Astronomical Journal
The Astrophysical Journal
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Nature
Annual Reviews of Astronomy & Astrophysics
