Timing Analysis

Level 1 topics include:

• Taking the Pulse of the Universe
• History of Timing in Astronomy
  • The First Calendars
  • Timing Eclipses
  • Serendipity
  • Measuring the Speed of Light
  • Sunspots
  • X-ray Binaries
  • Pulsars, Doppler Shifts, and Neutron Star Masses
  • Neutron Star Spindown and Age
  • Aperiodic Variations
  • QPOs and X-ray Binaries

Level 2 topics include:

• What is Timing and Why is it Important in Astronomy?
• Methods of Timing Analysis - Fourier, Folding, and Wavelet Analysis