Mon Aug 23 | Lecture | Introduction and Course Overview |
Wed Aug 25 | Lecture | Collisional Processes |
Fri Aug 27 | Lecture | Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamic Equilibrium |
Mon Aug 30 | Lecture | Energy Levels of Atoms, Ions, and Molecules |
Wed Sep 1 | Lecture | Spontaneous Emission, Stimulated Emission, and Absorption |
Fri Sep 3 | Lecture | Radiative Transfer |
Wed Sep 8 | Lecture | H I 21-cm Emission and Absorption |
Fri Sep 10 | Lecture | Absorption Lines and Curve of Growth |
Mon Sep 13 | Lecture | Emission and Absorption by a Thermal Plasma |
Wed Sep 15 | Lecture | Propagation of Radio Waves through the ISM |
Fri Sep 17 | Presentation by Laura Duffy (#1) | H I 21 cm mapping of the host galaxy of AT2018cow: a fast-evolving luminous transient within a ring of high column density gas |
Mon Sep 20 | Lecture | Introduction to Radio Astronomy and ALMA |
Wed Sep 22 | Exam 1 | Lectures up to Sep 13 (incl) |
Fri Sep 24 | Lecture | Interstellar Radiation Fields, Ionization Processes, and Recombination of Ions with Electrons |
Mon Sep 27 | Lecture | Photoionized Gas (HII regions) |
Wed Sep 29 | Lecture | Ionization in Predominantly Neutral Regions (cool + warm HI regions) |
Fri Oct 1 | Lecture | Collisional Excitation |
Mon Oct 4 | Lecture | Nebular Diagnostics |
Wed Oct 6 | Lecture | Radiative Trapping |
Fri Oct 8 | Lecture | Interstellar Dust |
Mon Oct 11 | Lecture | Scattering and Absorption by Small Particles |
Wed Oct 13 | Presentation by Malinda Baer (#2) | Tracing PAH Size in Prominent Nearby Mid-Infrared Environments |
Fri Oct 15 | Lecture | Telescope Proposals and Time Allocation Committees |
Mon Oct 18 | Lecture | Dust Composition |
Wed Oct 20 | Exam 2 | Lectures up to Oct 11 (inclusive) |
Mon Oct 25 | Lecture | Grain Temperatures, Physics, and Dynamics |
Wed Oct 27 | Lecture | Heating and Cooling of HII regions |
Fri Oct 29 | Lecture | HI Clouds: Observations, Heating and Cooling |
Mon Nov 1 | Lecture | Molecular Hydrogen |
Wed Nov 3 | Mock TAC discussion pt 1 | |
Fri Nov 5 | Mock TAC discussion pt 2 | |
Mon Nov 8 | Lecture | Molecular Clouds, Observations, Chemistry, and Ionization |
Wed Nov 10 | Lecture | Fluids and Shocks |
Fri Nov 12 | Lecture | Supernovae Remnants and the Hot Ionized Medium |
Mon Nov 15 | Lecture | Gravitational Collapse and Star Formation: Theory |
Wed Nov 17 | Lecture | Star Formation: Observations |
Fri Nov 19 | Lecture | Protostars to PPDs |
Mon Nov 29 | Lecture | Circumstellar Disks |
Wed Dec 1 | Exam 3 | Lectures up to TBD |
Fri Dec 3 | Lecture | Exoplanets and Planet Formation |
Mon Dec 6 | Presentation by Megan Delamer (#3) | TBD |
Wed Dec 8 | Lecture | Astrochemistry |
Fri Dec 10 | Workshop | ALMA proposals |