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- Week 1 (09/13/2007) : Chap 1. A brief history; Chap 2. Setting the astronomical scene
Class Notes 01
Reading Assignments : TCCC page 1-24, Barrett et al. 1963, AAS
Additional Readings : Field 1966, ARAA
- Week 2 (09/20/2007) : Chap 3. The tools of the trade
Class Notes 02
Reading Assignments : Notes 02
- Week 3 (09/27/2007) : Chap 3. The tools of the trade (cont.)
Reading Assignments : Notes 02, Notes on Radiative Transfer at http://www.phys.uu.nl/~rutten/Astronomy_lecture.html page 9-25, 28-38, TCCC page 24-31
Additional Readings : Rybicki G. B. and Lightman A.P. 1979, Radiative Processes in Astrophysics, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York
- Week 4 (10/04/2007) : Chap 3. The tools of the trade (cont.)
- Week 5 (10/11/2007) : Rescheduled
- Week 6 (10/18/2007) : Rescheduled
- Week 7 (10/25/2007) : Chap 3. The tools of the trade (cont.)
Reading Assignments : TCCC page 24-31
Additional Material : Astrochemistry Talk1.ppt , Talk2.ppt , Talk3.ppt by Tom Millar
- Week 8 (11/01/2007) : Chap 4. Chemistry after the Big Bang
Reading Assignments : TCCC page 32-43
- Week 9 (11/08/2007) : Chap 5. Interstellar clouds - the birthplaces of stars
Reading Assignments : TCCC page 44-59
Additional Material :
- Dust properties, extinction, and its applications :
origin of the 2175 anstrong feature ,
extinction as a probe for cloud structure ,
NIR extinction and cloud structure
- ISM and cloud types : diffuse atomic and molecular clouds
- H2 formation and destruction : examples of H2 formation in theory and in the laboratory
- Diffuse cloud chemistry : detection of interstellar H3+
- Week10 (11/15/2007) : Chap 5. Interstellar clouds - the birthplaces of stars (cont.)
Reading Assignments : TCCC page 44-59
- Week10 (11/16/2007) : Chap 5. Interstellar clouds - the birthplaces of stars (cont.)
Reading Assignments : TCCC page 44-59
- Week 11 (11/22/2007) : Rescheduled
- Week 12 (11/29/2007) : Chap 6. Star formation
- Week 13 (12/06/2007) : Chap 6. Star formation (cont.)
- Week 14 (12/13/2007) : Chap 6. Star formation (cont.)
- Week 15 (12/20/2007) : Chap 6. Star formation (cont.)
Reading Assignments : TCCC page 81-97
Additional Material :
- Core Collaps and Depletion : Bergin et al. (2002) , Lada et al. (2003)
- Week 16 (12/27/2007) : Chap 7. The Solar System at birth
Reading Assignments : TCCC page 99-112
Additional Material :
- Meteorites : Meier et al. (1998), , Shang et al. (2000)
- Comets : Campins and Drake (2006), , Ehrenfreund (2007)
- Molecular Emission in the Sun : Jordan et al. (1978)
- Week 16 (12/28/2007) : Chap 9. Astronomicl masers near bright stars
Reading Assignments : TCCC page 131-142
Additional Material : Discussion on Maser by Prof. Tseng Ching at Nanking University, Basics of Maser Emission , Observations of Masers by Dr. Moscadelli
- Week 17 (01/03/2008) : Chap 8. Stellar winds and outflows
- Week 18 (01/10/2008) : Chap 11. Molecules in active galaxies
Additional Material :
- Dense gas, starburst, and Syfert : Presentation by Prof. Kohno at the Marid ALMA Meeting, Gao et al. (2004) , Gao et al. (2007)
- Mega Masers (and Hubble constant) : Presentation by Dr. Condon
- Molecular gas in (high redshift) quasars : Combes (2007)
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