| Week |
Date |
Topic |
Notes/Readings |
| 0 | 09/27 | INTRODUCTION - OVERVIEW AND SCOPE OF THE COURSE | |
| 1 | 10/01 | HISTORICAL REMARKS - BASIC CONCEPTS - ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE - ELASTIC COLLISIONS [Sp. 1 - Ost. 1 - Sp 2.1] | Chap 5 SpGAS |
| 10/03 | ELASTIC COLLISIONS [Sp 2.1 - 2.2] | ||
| 10/05 | ELASTIC COLLISIONS - KINETIC EQUILIBRIUM - THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM [Sp 2.2 - 2.4] | ||
| 2 | 10/08 | SAHA'S EQUATION - SPECTROSCOPIC
NOTATION [Sp 2.4] |
|
| 10/10 | RADIATIVE PROCESSES - BACKGROUND - TRANSFER EQUATION - EDDINGTON LIMIT [Sp 3.1] | Chap 1 RL |
|
| 10/12 | RADIATIVE PROCESSES - BLACKBODY RADIATION - LINE PROFILES [Sp 3.1] | Chap 10 RL - HW1 due HW1 solution |
|
| 3 | 10/15 | RADIATIVE PROCESSES - EINSTEIN'S COEFFICIENTS - T.E./E.T.E.
[Sp 3.2] |
|
| 10/17 | RADIATIVE PROCESSES - ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT - CROSS-SECTIONS
[Sp 3.2] |
Chap 10 RL |
|
| 10/19 | NO CLASS | ||
| 4 | 10/22 | RADIATIVE PROCESSES - MASERS - EMISSION/ABSORPTION LINES [Sp 3.3 - 3.5] | HW2 due HW2 solution |
| 10/24 | RADIATIVE PROCESSES - MASERS - EMISSION/ABSORPTION LINES [Sp 3.2] | P: Neufeld et al. 1994, ApJ, 436, L130; P: Barvainis & Antonucci, 2005, ApJ, 628, L89 |
|
| 10/26 | RADIATIVE PROCESSES - EMISSION/ABSORPTION LINES - THERMAL ELECTRONS [Sp 3.6] | ||
| 5 | 10/29 | EXCITATION BY COLLISIONS [Sp 4.1] | HW3
due HW3 solution |
| 10/31 | EXCITATION BY COLLISIONS [Sp 4.1] | P: Madau, 1995, ApJ, 441, 18 | |
| 11/02 | EXCITATION BY RECOMBINATION - PHOTON PUMPING [Sp 4.2 - 4.3] | ||
| 6 | 11/05 | PHOTOIONIZATION EQUILIBRIUM - HYDROGEN [Sp 5.1] |
|
| 11/07 | MOLECULAR GAS - STAR FORMATION INDICATORS | Young & Scoville 1991, ARA&A, 29, 581 |
|
| 11/09 | MIDTERM | HW4 due | |
| 7 | 11/12 | NO CLASS: VETERAN'S DAY |
|
| 11/14 | NO CLASS: GO TO ASTRO SEMINAR INSTEAD |
ASTRO SEMINAR: Lisa Kewley; report (1000 words) |
|
| 11/16 | PHOTOIONIZATION EQUILIBRIUM - He-Metals - Molecules [Sp 5.2 - 5.3] | Keweley report due |
|
| 8 | 11/19 | KINETIC TEMPERATURE - HEATING AND COOLING [Sp 6] | COLLOQUIUM (11/20): Tom Abel; report (1000 words) |
| 11/21 | KINETIC TEMPERATURE - HEATING AND COOLING [Sp
6] |
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| 11/23 | NO CLASS: THANKSGIVING |
|
|
| 9 | 11/26 | LINE DIAGNOSTICS FROM OBSERVED SPECTRA [Ost 4-5] |
Abel report due |
| 11/28 | DUST [Sp 7] | Scoville et al. 2001, AJ, 122, 3017 ASTRO SEMINAR: Michele Trenti; report (1000 words) |
|
| 11/30 | SEMINARS |
FINAL PRESENTATIONS: NADA & TED |
|
| 10 | 12/03 | NO CLASS |
|
| 12/05 | SEMINARS | FINAL PRESENTATIONS: JUSTIN & KURT Trenti report due |
|
| 12/07 | SEMINARS |
FINAL PRESENTATIONS: JEREMY & KEN |
|