Date | Homework | Topic | Reading/References |
W Jan 09 |
| ISM Overview |
Draine Ch. 1 |
(slides)
(REU Search)
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F Jan 11 |
Homework 1
| Specific Intensity, Flux Density, & Flux |
Irwin 1.1-1.3
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(board)
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M Jan 14 |
Homework 2
| Emergent Flux Density |
Irwin 1.6
|
(slides)
(board)
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W Jan 16 |
Homework 3
| Energy Density |
Irwin 1.4
|
(board)
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F Jan 18 |
Homework 4,5
| Blackbody Radiation |
Irwin Ch. 4 Integrate Planck
Riemann Zeta Video
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(board)
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M Jan 21 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day - NO CLASS |
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W Jan 23 |
Homework 6,7
| 1D Radiative Transfer |
Irwin Ch. 6
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(board)
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F Jan 25 |
Homework 8
| Limits of Radiative Transfer Equation |
Draine Ch 7.1,7.2,7.4
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(board)
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M Jan 28 |
Homework 9,10
| Optical Depth |
Irwin 5.4.1 (see Table 5.1)
|
(board)
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W Jan 30 |
| Dust Properties & Composition |
Irwin Ch. 3.5, Draine 23.1-23.5
|
(slides)
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F Feb 01 |
Homework 11
| Dust Absorption |
Irwin Ch. 5.5, Draine 22.1-22.2
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(slides)
(board)
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M Feb 04 |
Homework 12,13
| Extinction Laws |
Draine 21.1-21.2
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(slides)
(board)
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W Feb 06 |
Homework 14
| Dust Emission |
|
(slides)
(board)
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F Feb 08 |
Homework 15
| Dust Mass |
|
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M Feb 11 |
Homework 16
| Dust Temperature |
Draine Ch. 24
|
(slides)
(board)
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W Feb 13 |
Homework 17
| Dust SEDs |
|
(slides)
|
M Feb 18 |
| Thermal Free-free Emission |
Irwin Ch 8.1-8.2
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(slides)
(board)
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W Feb 20 |
Homework 18
| Free-free SEDs |
Draine 10.1-10.5
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F Feb 22 |
Homework 19
| Synchrotron |
Irwin Ch 8.5-8.6
|
(slides)
(board)
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M Feb 25 |
Homework 20,21
| Photoionization & Recombination |
Irwin Ch 5.2, Ch 9.4.1-9.4.2
|
(slides)
(board)
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W Feb 27 |
Homework 22
| HII Regions |
|
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F Mar 01 |
| NO CLASS |
|
SPRING BREAK |
| NO CLASS |
|
SPRING BREAK |
| NO CLASS |
|
SPRING BREAK |
| NO CLASS |
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M Mar 11 |
Homework 23
| Hydrogen Atom Bound-Bound Transitions |
Irwin Appendix C Atomic Transition Probabilities
|
(slides)
(board)
|
W Mar 13 |
| Hydrogen Recombination Spectrum |
Draine 14.2 - 14.2.3
|
(slides)
(board)
|
F Mar 15 |
| Boltzmann Equation |
Irwin Ch 3.4.4-3.4.5 Boltzmann Distribution Derivation of Milne Relation
|
(board)
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M Mar 18 |
Homework 24,25
| Bound-bound Transitions |
Irwin Ch 9.1 & 9.4
|
(board)
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W Mar 20 |
Homework 26,27
| Einstein Coefficients |
Draine Ch 6.1-6.3
|
(board)
|
F Mar 22 |
Homework 28,29
| Collisional Excitation |
Irwin Ch. 3.4.1
Draine Ch 17.1 - 17.4
Leiden Database
|
(slides)
(board)
|
M Mar 25 |
Homework 30
| Spectral Line Transitions |
Draine Ch. 7.3-7.5, 8.1-8.2
|
(slides)
(board)
(board)
|
W Mar 27 |
| In-class problem |
|
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F Mar 29 |
| NO CLASS |
|
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M Apr 01 |
Homework 31
| Recombination Line Emissivity |
|
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W Apr 03 |
Homework 32
| Absorption Lines |
Draine Ch. 9.1
|
(board)
(slides)
|
F Apr 05 |
| (Advanced Topic) Escape Fraction |
Draine Ch. 19.1-19.2
|
(board)
(slides)
|
M Apr 08 |
Homework 33
| Molecular Spectroscopy - Rotational Transitions |
Vemuliapalli Ch 15.2-15.4
JPL Line Catalog
|
(board)
(slides)
|
W Apr 10 |
Homework 34
| Molecular Spectroscopy - Ro-vibrational Transitions |
Vemuliapalli Ch 16.1 - 16.2
|
(board)
(slides)
|
F Apr 12 |
Homework 35
| Addition of Quantized Angular Momentum |
Atkins Ch 4.9-4.10
|
(board)
(slides)
|
M Apr 15 |
| NO CLASS |
|
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W Apr 17 |
Homework 36
| Atomic Spectroscopy - Terms |
Draine Ch. 4
|
(board)
(slides)
|
F Apr 19 |
Homework 37
| Atomic Spectroscopy - Term Schemes |
Morrison,Estle,Lane Ch 9.3-9.7
|
(board)
(slides)
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M Apr 22 |
Homework 38
| Hund's Rules & Parity |
|
(board)
(slides)
|
W Apr 24 |
| Resonance, Semi-Forbidden, Forbidden Lines |
NIST Atomic Spectroscopy Database
Forbidden Line List
|
(slides)
|
F Apr 26 |
| (Advanced Topic) HII Forbidden Line Diagnostics |
|
(board)
(slides)
|
M Apr 29 |
| (Advanced Topic) Ammonia Temperature |
|
(board)
(slides)
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W May 01 |
| NO CLASS |
|
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F May 3 |
| FINAL EXAM 1-3pm Open note/book |
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Final Exam Info
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