Lecture

Date

Day

1

August 25

W

Introduction to the Course

2

August 27

F

Radiation Field

3

August 30

M

Radiation Transfer

4

September 1

W

Thermal Radiation

5

September 3

F

Absorption, Emission, Scattering

~Labor Day~

6

September 8

W

Methods of Continuum Transfer

7

September 10

F

Methods of Continuum Transfer

8

September 13

M

Numerical Methods

9

September 15

W

Line Transfer

10

September 17

F

Methods of Line Transfer

11

September 20

M

Methods of Line Transfer

12

September 22

W

Numerical Methods

13

September 24

F

Electromagnetic Waves

14

September 27

M

Electromagnetic Polarization

15

September 29

W

First In-Class Exam

16

October 1

F

Radiation from Newtonian Moving Charges

17

October 4

M

Review of Special Relativity

18

October 6

W

Fields of Relativistic Moving Charges

19

October 8

F

Emission from Relativistic Particles

20

October 11

M

Bremsstrahlung

21

October 13

W

Synchrotron Radiation

22

October 15

F

Compton Scattering

23

October 18

M

Compton Scattering

24

October 20

W

X-Rays and Gamma Rays

25

October 22

F

Plasma Effects

26

October 25

M

Review of Atomic Structure

27

October 27

W

Second In-Class Exam

28

October 29

F

Review of Atomic Structure

29

November 1

M

Radiative Transitions

30

November 3

W

Radiative Transitions

31

November 5

F

Line Broadening

32

November 8

M

Lyman-α Radiation

33

November 10

W

21 cm Radiation

34

November 12

F

Radiation in an Expanding Universe

35

November 15

M

Molecular Structure

36

November 17

W

Interaction of Radiation with Molecules

37

November 19

F

Interaction of Radiation with Molecules

38

November 22

M

Dust Grains

39

November 24

W

Interaction of Radiation with Dust Grains

~THANKSGIVING~

40

November 29

M

Selected Applications

41

December 1

W

Selected Applications

42

December 3

F

Review