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