Exoplanets and Their Orbits

Orbital dynamics of 2, 3 and N-body systems, studied with analytic and N-body computational methods. Applications to the dynamics of exoplanet and multi-star systems. Discovery and characterization of exoplanets through the transit and radial velocity methods applied to real data. Applied research skills through open-ended projects, Python programming, paper writing and oral presentations. Prerequisites: AST-31 and AST-51 for undergraduate student enrollment in AST-61. No prerequisites for enrollment in AST-161 by graduate students in Physics & Astronomy. Recommendations: PHY-68, CS-11 or other significant programming experience, preferably Python AST 0191 Special Topics Advanced research in radio astronomy and astrophysics. The course involves observations with major national facilities and/or computer analysis of data. The course is oriented toward journal publication of results. Please see departmental website for specific details. Recommendations: Experience with radio astronomy and/or computer analysis, and permission of instructor. AST 0192 Special Studies Advanced research in radio astronomy and astrophysics. The course involves observations with major national facilities and/or computer analysis of data. The course is oriented toward journal publication of results. Please see departmental website for specific details. Recommendations: Experience with radio astronomy and/or computer analysis, and permission of instructor. AST 0193 Topics In Astronomy And Astrophysics Course of guided reading in a selected topic of astronomy and astrophysics. The student is expected to delve deeply into a given area under the guidance of the instructor, with a lengthy paper as the outcome. Intended for serious students who have had some physics. AST 0194 Topics In Astronomy And Astrophysics A course of guided reading in a selected topic of astronomy and astrophysics. The student is expected to delve deeply into a given area under the guidance of the instructor, with a lengthy paper as the outcome. Intended for serious students who have had some physics.