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 26 Introduction  
Wed Aug 28 Radiation Transfer  
Fri Aug 30 Radiation Transfer  
Mon Sept 2 Labor Day--no class meeting  
Wed Sept 4 Radiation Transfer
Fri Sept 6 Blackbody Radiation HW 1
Mon Sept 9 Kirchoff's Law  
Wed Sept 11 Radiative Equilibrium
Fri Sept 13 Kirchoff's Law, Spectral Lines HW 2
Mon Sept 16 Masers, Scattering  
Wed Sept 18 Scattering and Rosseland Approximation
Fri Sept 20 Radiation by Accelerated Charges HW 3
Mon Sept 23 Classical Electromagnetic Radiation  
Wed Sept 25 Larmor and Dipole Radiation  
Fri Sept 27 Thomson Scattering HW 4
Mon Sept 30 Thomson Scattering
Wed Oct 2 Thomson Scattering  
Fri Oct 4 Bremsstrahlung HW 5
Mon Oct 7 Bremsstrahlung
Wed Oct 9 Radiative Transitions
Fri Oct 11 Midterm Exam
Mon Oct 14 Atomic States  
Wed Oct 16 Atomic States and Selection Rules
Fri Oct 18 Thermodynamics of Atomic States HW 6
Mon Oct 21 Radiative Transitions: Atomic Lines  
Wed Oct 23 Absorption Line Profiles
Fri Oct 25 Absorption Line Profiles: Stellar Spectra HW 7
Mon Oct 28 Absorption Lines and Curve of Growth
Wed Oct 30 Hydrogen Spectroscopy  
Fri Nov 1 21 cm Radiation HW 8
Mon Nov 4 21 cm Radiation
Wed Nov 6 Nebular Diagnostics
Fri Nov 8 Dust HW 9
Mon Nov 11 Dust  
Wed Nov 13 Special Relativity
Fri Nov 15 Jets and Cosmic Rays HW 10
Mon Nov 18 Cosmic Rays and Synchrotron Radiation
Wed Nov 20 Synchrotron Radition  
Fri Nov 22 Inverse Comptom Radiation HW 11
Nov 25-29 Thanksgiving Break
Mon Dec 2 Plasma Effects
Wed Dec 4 Plasma Effects  
Fri Dec 6 Gamma Rays  
Mon Dec 9 Neutrinos  
Wed Dec 11 Finale  
Tue Dec 17, 1:30 to 4:30 pm Final Exam