Physics  612     aSTROPHYSICS  (INTERStellar  MEDIUM)    Course Outline

V.  SEMESTER SCHEDULE           Class meets MWF at 1:00-1:50 pm in C266 ESC.

WEEK#

  DATE (2004) TOPIC

SUPPL RDG (pp.)

HW ASSGN DUE

1

 M Jan  5  The Interstellar Medium -- an Overview S 1-17, D&S 1-9  
W Jan  7  The Two-Level Atom Model S 70ff, D&S 11ff  
F Jan  9  
2 M Jan 12  Spectroscopic Notation D&S 20ff  
W Jan 14  Application of the Two-Level Atom Model to the 21-cm H Line    
F Jan 16  Absorption and Emission Features of the IM Spectrum, Molecular Spectra D&S 24ff  
3 M Jan 19

M A R T I N   L U T H E R   K I N G   H O L I D A Y

    
W Jan 21  Molecular Spectra D&S 24ff  
F Jan 23  Collisional Excitation, the Collisional Strength, Ω(n,n' ) S 71-87, D&S 41-57  
4 M Jan 26  Collisional Cooling  
W Jan 28  Collisional and Radiative Processes in the Three-Level Atom   
F Jan 30 1
5 M Feb  2  Absorption Lines from the ISM and IGM S 32-70, D&S 59-100  
W Feb  4  
F Feb  6  Resonance Lines, Zanstra's Method of Finding the UV Flux beyond the Lyman Limit 2
6 M Feb  9  The H 21-cm Line  
W Feb 11  Galactic Structure Inferred from 21-cm Observations S 42-50, D&S 75-81  
F Feb 13  The Bowen Fluorescence Mechanism D&S 82-85  
7 M Feb 16

P R E S I D E N T S '   D A Y   H O L I D A Y

 
T Feb 17  (Monday Class Instruction) The Bowen Fluorescence Mechanism  
W Feb 18  Astronomical Masers S 44-46, D&S 88-99  
F Feb 20  Line Recombination Spectra S 105-111,
D&S 105-108, 138-142		  
8 M Feb 23  
W Feb 25  Two-Photon Emission D&S 135-138, 398-400  
F Feb 27  Continuum Recombination Spectra S 105-107, D&S 132-133  
9 M Mar  1  Free-Free Spectra S 57-68, D&S 125-132, 243  
W Mar  3  Curve-of-Growth Applications to Interstellar Cloud Spectra S 46-57, D&S 60-67 3
F Mar  5  
10 M Mar  8  Interstellar Dust (Evidences for, Formation) S 205-213, D&S 289-295  
W Mar 10  Midterm Test (Conceptual, Open Book) See above (Jan 5 - Mar 5)  
F Mar 12  Interstellar Dust (Optical Properties) S 149-170, D&S 296-324  
11 M Mar 15  The Standard Reddening Law  
W Mar 17  Optical Efficiencies, Polarization  
F Mar 19  Polarization S 65-68  
12 M Mar 22  Faraday Rotation, Rotation Measure and Dispersion Measure S 61-62, 65-68; D&S 168-169  
W Mar 24  The Galactic Magnetic Field S 10-11 4
F Mar 26  
13 M Mar 29  Strömgren Spheres, H II Regions S 103-111, D&S 220-225 5
W Mar 31  
F Apr  2  Fossil Strömgren Spheres, Shock Fronts

S 218-222

  
14 M Apr  5  Ionization Fronts S 247-250, D&S 225-230 6
W Apr  7  
F Apr  9  Helium Ionization (He II) S 111, D&S 138-140  
15 M Apr 12  Helium Ionization (He II and He III)  
W Apr 14 R E A D I N G   D A Y S    
Q Apr 15    
16 T Apr 20

F I N A L   E X A M I N A T I O N   (7 pm)

   Final