Astronomy 501 | Spring 2013

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 at the beginning of class on Friday.
Date Topic Assignment Due
Mon Jan 14 Introduction  
Wed Jan 16 Radiation Transfer  
Fri Jan 18 Radiation Transfer  
Mon Jan 21 Martin Luther King Day--no class meeting  
Wed Jan 23 Radiation Transfer
Fri Jan 25 Blackbody Radiation HW 1
Mon Jan 28 Kirchoff's Law  
Wed Jan 30 Radiative Equilibrium
Fri Feb 1 Scattering HW 2
Mon Feb 4 Classical Electromagnetism  
Wed Feb 6 Classical Electromagnetic Radiation
Fri Feb 8 Radiation by Accelerated Charges HW 3
Mon Feb 11 Radiation by Accelerated Charges  
Wed Feb 13 Thomson Scattering  
Fri Feb 15 Thomson Scattering HW 4
Mon Feb 18 Bremsstrahlung
Wed Feb 20 Special Relativity  
Fri Feb 22 Special Relativity and Radiation HW 5
Mon Feb 25 Cosmic Rays
Wed Feb 27 Synchrotron Radiation
Fri Mar 1 Midterm Exam
Mon Mar 4 Synchrotron Radiation  
Wed Mar 6 Synchrotron Radiation
Fri Mar 8 Compton Scattering HW 6
Mon Mar 11 Inverse Compton Scattering  
Wed Mar 13 Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect
Fri Mar 15 Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect HW 7
Mar 18-22 Spring Break
Mon Mar 25 Plasma Effects
Wed Mar 27 Plasma Effects  
Fri Mar 29 Atomic Structure HW 8
Mon Apr 1 Themodynamics of Atomic States
Wed Apr 3 Radiative Transitions
Fri Apr 5 Radiative Transitions HW 9
Mon Apr 8 Absorption Lines  
Wed Apr 10 Curve of Growth
Fri Apr 12 Curve of Growth HW 10
Mon Apr 15 No class meeting
Wed Apr 17 No class meeting
Fri Apr 19 Hydrogen Spectroscopy  
Mon Apr 22 21 cm Radiation
Wed Apr 24 21 cm Radiation  
Fri Apr 26 Nebular Diagnostics HW 11
Mon Apr 29 Dust
Tue May 7, 1:30 to 4:30 pm Final Exam
Brian D. Fields
Last modified: Tue May 21 15:02:21 CDT 2013