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Stellar Parallax and Aberration Package  [ Computer Program ]
  
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T. Timberlake
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The Stellar Parallax and Aberration Launcher package is a self-contained file for teaching the concepts of parallax and aberration of light as they apply to astronomy. The file…
Baton Orbit Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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J. Barrick
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Baton Orbit Model shows the trajectory of a baton-like object orbiting under the influence of a 1/r^2 force. This model was motivated by the tumbling motion of one of Saturn’s moons,…
Fitting Cosmological Supernovae Data DEDGP  [ Computer Program ]
  
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J. Moldenhauer, L. Engelhardt, and K. Stone
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The Fitting Cosmological Supernovae Data Model allows users to compare and fit cosmological models with recent supernovae type Ia datasets to confirm the accelerated expansion of the…
  
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M. Belloni, Fall Meeting of the North Carolina Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers, 18 (2011).
This talk describes how we use the Tracker video analysis and modeling program to analyze still images. We have used a group of still 30-second images taken 9 ½ minutes apart (for 10…
Orbits Within Spherical Galaxies Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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W. Christian
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The Orbits Within Spherical Galaxies model displays the two-dimensional trajectories of particles (stars) within a galaxy having a spherically symmetric mass distribution that…
The Evolution of the OSP ComPADRE Collection  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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M. Belloni, W. Christian, A. Cox, and T. Timberlake, Winter Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, 17 (2011).
Over the past six years, the Open Source Physics (OSP) project has produced a collection of over 400 interactive computer-based curricular materials for the teaching of advanced…
  
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Editor: A. Duffy; Publisher: Boston University Physics Department
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This web page features a collection of Easy Java Simulations developed by secondary teachers for use in introductory high school physics courses. Topics include astronomy, momentum…
  
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J. Moldenhauer, K. Stone, Z. Shuler, and L. Engelhardt
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The 1998 discovery of the cosmic acceleration with supernovae was recently awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics. Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRB) support this accelerated expansion of the…
Fitting Cosmological Data Compilation DEDGP  [ Computer Program ]
  
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J. Moldenhauer, K. Stone, Z. Shuler, and L. Engelhardt
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The 1998 discovery of the cosmic acceleration with supernovae was recently awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics. More observations continue to support this accelerated expansion…
Fitting Cosmological Data Baryon DEDGP  [ Computer Program ]
  
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Measurements of the baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO or Baryon), as standard rulers, support the accelerated expansion of the universe (cosmic acceleration). This simulation…
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