RAI Summer Links

Class Links
Links with background information

Class Links

Huygen's Principle: www.launc.tased.edu.au/online/sciences/Physics/diffrac.html
Interference: wps.aw.com/aw_knight_physics_1/17/4389/1123668.cw/index.html; surendranath.tripod.com/Applets.html
Wavelength of Light: eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/EDDOCS/Wavelengths_for_Colors.html
Polarization by Filters: www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/polarization/index.html; www.uwgb.edu/dutch/petrolgy/genlight.htm
Polarization by Reflection: www.uwgb.edu/dutch/petrolgy/genlight.htm; webphysics.davidson.edu/physlet_resources/bu_semester2/c27_brewster.htm
Blackbody Radiation: www.launc.tased.edu.au/online/sciences/physics/blackbody1.html; phet.colorado.edu/simulation/index.php; webphysics.davidson.edu/Applets/BlackBody/BlackBody.html; csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/light/radiation.html
Photon - Particle Interference: www.coloradoo.edu/physics/2000/index.pl
Atomic Spectra: www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/quantumzone/index.html
Doppler Effect: www.astro.ubc.ca/~scharein/applets/
Parallax: highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072482621/student_view0/interactives.html#

Links for Background Information

Astronomy
visible light and telescopes: csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/light/limitations.html; csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/light/refracting.html; csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/light/reflecting.html
radio telescopes: csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/light/radio.html
x-ray telescopes: xrtpub.harvard.edu/chronicle/index.html
Cosmic Particles: www2.slac.stanford.edu/vvc/applications/morecosmic.html; zebu.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/cosmic_rays.html; www.ngdc.nasa.gov/stp/SOLAR/COSMIC_RAYS/cosmic.html
Mechanical Waves: www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/waves/wavestoc.html; www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/class/light/u12l1b.html
The Wave Model of Light: www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/class/light/lighttoc.html; www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/class/refln/reflntoc.html; www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/class/refrn/refrntoc.html; theory.uwinnipeg.ca/physics/light/index.html
The Electromagnetic Wave Model of Light
James Clerk Maxwell: zebu.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/maxwell.html zebu.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/maxwell.html
Heinrich Hertz
representation of electromagnetic radiation: zebu.uoregon.edu/~js/ast122/lectures/lec04.html
methods of production of electromagnetic waves: newton.hanyang.ac.kr/~jhkim/jhdocu5.html
polarization & polarizers: www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/light/u12l1e.html
Photoelectric Effect: theory.uwinnipeg.ca/physics/quant/node3.html
Radiation Laws: csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/light/radiation.html; theory.uwinnipeg.ca/physics/quant/node2.html; zebu.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/planck_curve.html; zebu.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/laws_of_radiation.html
J.J. Thomson: www.phys.virginia.edu/classes/252/more_atoms.html
E. Rutherford: www.phys.virginia.edu/classes/252/Rutherford_Scattering/Rutherford_Scattering.html; www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/bpbohr.html
Bohr Model: zebu.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/bohr_atom.html; csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/light/bohr.html; www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/quantumzone/index.html
Emission & Absorption Spectra: csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/light/absorption.html; zebu.uoregon.edu/~js/ast122/lectures/lec05.html; www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/quantumzone/index.html
model of emission & absorption: webphysics.ph.msstate.edu/javamirror/ipmj/java/atomphoton/index.html
Solar Spectrum: csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/sun/spectrum.html
Ideal Gas & Kinetic Molecular Theory: www.bcpl.net/~kdrews/kmt/kmt.html#Kinetic; wine1.sb.fsu.edu/chm1045/notes/Gases/Kinetic/Gases08.htm
Doppler Effect
model: www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/Doppler/Doppler.html; webphysics.davidson.edu/Applets/Doppler/Doppler.html
notes: www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/class/sound/u11l3b.html; csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/light/doppler.html
Parallax: csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/distances/parallax.html; www.astronomynotes.com/starprop/starpropa.htm; zebu.uoregon.edu/~js/ast122/lectures/lec09.html
Stellar Luminosity: www.astronomynotes.com/starprop/strapropb.htm
Stellar Magnitudes: csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/stars/magnitudes.html; zebu.uoregon.edu/~js/ast122/lectures/lec09.html
Stellar Spectra / Harvard Classification Scheme
Sun’s spectrum: csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/sun/spectrum.html
Stellar spectra & Harvard Classification: lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov/users/allen/spectral_classification.html; csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/stars/spectra.html; csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/stars/harvard.html; instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/astro101/lec13.htm; instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/astro101/lec14.htm; zebu.uoregon.edu/~js/ast122/lectures/lec10.html
Chemical Composition: csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/sun/composition.html
Stellar Mass
Kepler’s Laws & applet: csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/kepler.html
Newtons Modification of Keplers 3rd Law & Center of Mass: csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/newtongrav.html; csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/binaries/mass.html; zebu.uoregon.edu/~js/ast122/lectures/lec11.html
H-R Diagram: zebu.uoregon.edu/~js/ast122/lectures/lec12.html; instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/astro101/lec13.htm; www.astronomynotes.com/starprop/strpropd.htm
Mass-Luminosity Relationship: csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/binaries/masslum.html
Nuclear Forces: csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/energy/reactions.html; www.scri.fsu.edu/~jac/Nuclear/whatis/forces.html
Fusion Cycles: csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/energy/ppchain.html; csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/energy/cno.html; csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/energy/cno-pp.html
Solar Neutrino Problem: csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/energy/snu.html; www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/public/neutrino.html
Hydrostatic Equilibrium: zebu.uoregon.edu/~js/ast122/lectures/lec13.html
(1) the Bakersfield College Web Site: www.astronomynotes.com/toc.htm
(2) the University of Oregon Web Site: zebu.uoregon.edu/~js/ast122 Click on lectures 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23.
Open & Globular Clusters: zebu.uoregon.edu/~js/ast122/lectures/lec.16.html; csep10.phys.utk.edu/guidry/violence/starclusters.html
Cepheid Variables: zebu.uoregon.edu/~soper/MilkyWay/cepheid.html; imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/mysteries_l1/cepheid.html
White Dwarfs & Novae: csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/novae/novae.html; csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/supernovae/type1.html; imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/introduction/supernovae.html
Neutron Stars & X-Ray Bursters: csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/neutron/neutron.html; csep10.phys.utk.edu/guidry/violence/death.html
Pulsars: csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/pulsars/pulsars.html
Type Ia Supernova: csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/supernovae/type1.html; www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/universe/supernova.html; zebu.uoregon.edu/~imamura/208/mar1/nucleo.html
Type II Supernova & Supernova Remnants: csep10.phys.utk.edu/guidry/violence/death.html; www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/universe/supernova.html