SCHEDULE
August 22 |
Course inroduction
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24 |
Fluid Mechanics: Basic equations
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29 |
Fluid Mechanics: Basic equations (cont)
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31
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Fluid Mechanics: MHD equations
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September 5 |
Labor Day
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7 |
Fluid Mechanics: Stellar Polytropes
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12 |
Fluid Mechanics: Solar Wind
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14 |
Fluid Mechanics: Normal Modes & Instabilities
Homework #1 is due |
19 |
Fluid Mechanics: Shocks
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21 |
Fluid Mechanics: Supernova Explosions
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26 |
Radiative Transfer: Radiation fields
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28 |
Radiative Transfer: Radiative Transfer Equation
Homework #2 is due |
October 3 |
Radiative Transfer: Interactions of photons with atoms
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5 |
Radiative Transfer: Interactions of photons with free electrons
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10 |
Radiative Transfer: Grey atmospheres, atmospheres in RTE
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12 |
Radiative Transfer: Ionization balance, Stromgren spheres; applications, e.g., first stars, Gunn-Peterson effect
Homework #3 is due |
17 |
Radiative Transfer: dust opacities, reddening, ISM
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19 |
Radiative Transfer : Applications e.g., Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect, GRBs
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24 |
Midterm
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26 |
Nuclear Astrophysics: Nuclear Reactions and
Reactions Rates
Homework #4 is due |
31 |
Nuclear Astrophysics: pp & CNO cycles in the Sun
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November 2 |
Nuclear Astrophysics: Stellar Structure
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7 |
Nuclear Astrophysics: Neutrinos in the Sun and in supernovae
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9 |
Nuclear Astrophysics: Stellar Evolution and r- and
p- processes
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14 |
Nuclear Astrophysics: Big-bang Nucleosynthesis
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16 |
Dynamics: Thermalization, Evaporation, etc. timescales in clusters
Homework #5 is due |
21 |
Dynamics: Stellar interactions, Fokker-Planck equations
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23 |
Dynamics: Virial Theorem, dark matter in galaxy clusters
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28 |
Dynamics: Planetary systems, Saturn's rings, Kirkwood gaps
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30 |
Dynamics: Planets (cont)
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December 5 |
Dynamics: Black holes in the centers of galaxies
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7 |
Course Review
Homework #6 is due |