Astronomy 501 | Fall 2022
Course Schedule
Note:
The lecture material may vary, but the assignment dates are fixed. Check back to this page for updates on the topics and readings.
All assignments are due uploaded on Canvas by
5 pm
on
Friday
.
Date
Topic
Assignment Due
Mon Aug 22
Introduction
Wed Aug 24
Radiation Transfer
Fri Aug 26
Radiation Transfer
Mon Aug 29
Radiation Transfer
Wed Sept 1
Blackbody Radiation
HW 1
Fri Sept 2
Kirchoff's Law
Mon Sept 5
Labor Day--no class meeting
Wed Sept 7
Radiative Equilibrium
Fri Sept 9
Kirchoff's Law, Spectral Lines
HW 2
Mon Sept 12
Masers, Scattering
Wed Sept 14
Scattering and Rosseland Approximation
Fri Sept 16
Radiation by Accelerated Charges
HW 3
Mon Sept 19
Classical Electromagnetic Radiation
Wed Sept 21
Larmor and Dipole Radiation
Fri Sept 23
Thomson Scattering
HW 4
Mon Sept 26
Thomson Scattering
Wed Sept 28
Thomson Scattering
Fri Sept 30
Bremsstrahlung
HW 5
Mon Oct 3
Bremsstrahlung
Wed Oct 5
Radiative Transitions
Fri Oct 7
Midterm Exam
Mon Oct 10
Atomic States
Wed Oct 12
Atomic States and Selection Rules
Fri Oct 14
Thermodynamics of Atomic States
HW 6
Mon Oct 17
Radiative Transitions: Atomic Lines
Wed Oct 19
Absorption Line Profiles
Fri Oct 21
Absorption Line Profiles: Stellar Spectra
HW 7
Mon Oct 24
Absorption Lines and Curve of Growth
Wed Oct 26
Hydrogen Spectroscopy
Fri Oct 28
21 cm Radiation
HW 8
Mon Oct 31
21 cm Radiation
Wed Nov 2
Nebular Diagnostics
Fri Nov 4
Dust
HW 9
Mon Nov 7
Dust
Wed Nov 9
Special Relativity
Fri Nov 11
Jets and Cosmic Rays
HW 10
Mon Nov 14
Cosmic Rays and Synchrotron Radiation
Wed Nov 16
Synchrotron Radition
Fri Nov 18
Inverse Comptom Radiation
HW 11
Nov 21-25
Thanksgiving Break
Mon Nov 28
Plasma Effects
Wed Nov 30
Plasma Effects
Fri Dec 2
Gamma Rays
Mon Dec 5
Neutrinos
Wed Dec 7
Finale
Tue Dec 13, 1:30 to 4:30 pm
Final Exam