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AST 393F

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Date
Topics
Pages in Notes
Spitzer
Dyson &
Williams

Dopita &
Sutherland

Unit A
Overview of ISM
A 1-2
 
 
 
Fri.
1/21
Kinetic & excitation
temperature
A 3-4;
S 1-7
ch. 2.3-2.4
(pp. 25-31)

ch. 1 (pp. 3-
4)
, ch. 3.1
(pp. 41-43)
Mon.
1/24
Ionization balance
& IS radiation field
A 5-8
ch. 5.2a
(pp. 116-118)


Wed.
1/26
Clouds & ICM; the
two-process model
A 9-13
ch. 11.1
(pp. 226-229)
ch. 2.5
(pp. 25-26)

Fri.
1/28
Thermal equilibrium
Heating & Cooling
A 14-18
ch. 6.0 & 6.2
(pp. 131-133
& 139-148)
ch. 3.1-3.3
(pp. 28-35)

Mon.
1/31
Thermal phases,
FGH & MO models
A 19-24


ch. 14-14.2.4
(pp. 343-355)
Unit B
H I Regions
 
 
 
 
Wed. -
Wed.
2/2-2/9
 Optical and UV
Absorption lines:
   Theory
B 1-11
ch. 3.1
(pp. 32-40)
& ch. 3.4b,c
(pp. 50-53)
ch. 2.2
(pp. 11-14)
ch. 4.1.1
(pp. 60-62)
Fri.
2/11
  Results from IS
  Absorption lines
B 12-22
(pp. 54-57)
(pp. 16-18)
ch. 4.1.2
(pp. 63-67)
Mon. -
Wed.
2/14-16
The H I 21cm Line:
     Theory
B 23-30
ch. 3.3b
(pp. 42-44)
(pp. 14-19)
ch. 4.2,
pp. 75-76
Fri.
2/18
Results from 21cm
    Observations
B 31-?
ch. 3.4a
(pp. 47-50)
 
 
Unit C
H II Regions
Dyson,
ch. 5

Spitzer
Osterbrock
Dopita
Mon. -
Wed.
2/21-23
Ionization structure
Strömgren spheres
*IV 1-13
ch. 5.1-5.2ab
(pp. 103-118)
chs. 1 & 2
ch. 5.2, 5.3
(pp. 105-14);
chs. 9 & 10
Fri. -
Mon.
2/25-28
Collisionally-
excited lines &
thermal equilibrium
IV 14-23
ch. 4.1a
(pp. 70-76),
ch. 6.1ab
(pp. 133-139)
ch. 3
ch. 3;
ch. 6
(pp. 238-42)
Wed 3/2
Exam 1
Units A
& B

 
 
 
Mon. -
Wed.
3/7-9
Recombination
Emission,
Cases A & B
IV 24-37
ch. 3.3a & 3.5
(40-42,57-60)
ch. 4.2
(pp. 87-94)
ch. 4.1-4.4
ch. 6
(pp. 219-38);
ch. 9
(pp. 243-5)
Fri. 3/11-
Fri. 3/18
SPRING BREAK!
 
 
 
 
Mon.
3/21
Diagnostics &
Abundance
Determinations
IV 38-45
IV 50-53
ch. 4.1bc
(pp. 76-81)
ch. 5
ch. 10.1-10.3
(pp. 249-64);
Unit D
IS Molecules
 
Spitzer
Dyson
Dopita
Wed.-
Fri.
3/23-4/1
Radio & mm-wave
molecular lines &
radiative transfer
V 1-27
ch. 4.1d
(pp. 81-87)
(pp. 18-24
& 30-31)
ch. 2.2-2.6
(pp. 24-39)
Mon.-
Wed.
4/4-6
H2: Its Excitation,
Spectrum, & Role
in IS Chemistry
V 28-37
ch. 4.3b
(pp. 96-101)
ch. 5.3ab
(pp. 122-127)
(pp. 32-35;
60-62)
(pp. 85-86)
Fri.
4/8
Gas-phase
chemistry
V 40-47
ch. 5.3c
(pp. 127-129)
(pp. 35-42) ch. 13
Wed.
4/13

Exam 2
Units C
& D

 
 
 
Unit E
Interstellar Dust
 
Spitzer
Dyson
Dopita
 
Mon. 4/11 -
Mon. 4/25
 
chs. 7 & 9
ch. 4
ch. 12









 





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