Astrophysics - Schedule

ASTR-4220: Astrophysics / ASTR-6960: Astrophysics

Tentative Schedule - Fall, 2011

Part 1 - Stellar Astrophysics [7 weeks]
	Class	Date	Topic*
M	1	8/29	NO CLASS - CANCELED DUE TO HURRICANE
W	2	8/31	Intro. to Stellar Structure & Stellar Atmospheres
R	3	9/1	Radiation Fields
M		9/5	NO CLASS - LABOR DAY
W	4	9/7	Radiative Transfer I
R	5	9/8	Radiative Transfer II
M	6	9/12	Stellar Atmospheres
W	7	9/14	Intro. to Stellar Interiors (1.1-3)
R	8	9/15	CANCELED
M	9	9/19	Pressure of an Ideal Gas (2.1)
W	10	9/21	Pressure of Degenerate Gases (2.2)
R	11	9/22	Complete Degeneracy (2.3)
M	12	9/26	Ionization Equilibrium (2.4-5)
W	13	9/28	Exam 1
R	14	9/29	Energy Transport (3.1)
M	15	10/3	Energy Transport (3.2-3)
W	16	10/5	Nuclear Astrophysics (4.1)
R	17	10/6	Nuclear Astrophysics (4.2)
T	18	10/11	Solar Neutrinos (4.2)
W	19	10/12	Solar Neutrinos
R	20	10/13	Stellar Evolution (6.1-4)
*Numbers in parentheses are required read5ing in Phillips.

Part 2 - Interstellar Matter [8 weeks]
	Class	Date	Topic**
M	21	10/17	Stellar Evolution
W	22	10/19	Introduction to Interstellar Matter (1.1-3) Lecture slides
R	23	10/20	Collisional Processes (2.1-3)
M	24	10/24	Collisional Processes (2.4-6)
W	25	10/26	Atomic Spectra (4.1-7)
R	26	10/27	Atomic Spectra
M	27	10/31	Exam 2
W	28	11/2	Molecular Spectra (5.1)
R	29	11/3	Spectral Lines (6.1-7)
M	30	11/7	No class – to be rescheduled
W	31	11/9	No class – to be rescheduled
R	32	11/10	Curve of Growth (9.1-2)
M	33	11/14	Curve of Growth (9.3-5, 7-11)
W	34	11/16	H I 21 cm Emission and Absorption (8,1-3)
R	35	11/17	Atomic Clouds (29.1-5)
M	36	11/21	Molecular Clouds (32.1-5) Lecture Slides
W		11/23	NO CLASS - THANKSGIVING RECESS
R		11/24	NO CLASS - THANKSGIVING RECESS
M	37	11/28	H II Regions (15.1-3)
W	38	11/30	H II Regions
R	39	12/1	Interstellar Extinction (21.1-3)
M	40	12/5	Light Scattering by Small Particles (22.1-5, 7)
W	41	12/7	Dust Composition (23.1-5)
R	42	12/8	Exam 3
**Numbers in parentheses are required reading in Draine.
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