Fall quarter 2012
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:00 - 3:45 PM
356 ISB
Homework Assignments
Homework 1, due October 11; solutions
Homework 2, due October 25; solutions
Homework 3, due November 8; solutions
Homework 4, due November 27; solutions
Homework 5, due December 11; solutions
Lecture Notes
September 27, Class 1: Observing the Cold ISM (slides: pptx, pdf)
October 2, Class 2: Observing Young Stars (slides: pptx, pdf)
October 4, Class 3: Hydrodynamics and Magnetohydrodynamics of Molecular Clouds (slides: pptx, pdf)
October 9, Class 4: The Virial Theorem; Microphysics of Molecular Clouds
October 11, Class 5: Giant Molecular Clouds: Properties (slides: pptx, pdf)
October 16, Class 6: Giant Molecular Clouds: Formation (slides: pptx, pdf)
October 18, Class 7: Stability and Instability in GMCs (slides: pptx, pdf)
October 23, Class 8: Collapse (slides: pptx, pdf)
October 25, Class 9: Stellar Clustering (slides: pptx, pdf)
October 30, Class 10: Fragmentation and the IMF (slides: pptx, pdf)
November 1, Class 11: Protostellar Disks (slides: pptx, pdf)
November 6, Class 12: Protostellar Outflows (slides: pptx, pdf)
November 8, Class 13: Protostellar Birth
November 13, Class 14: Protostellar Evolution (slides: pptx, pdf)
November 15, Class 15: Massive Star Formation (slides: pptx, pdf)
November 20, Class 16: Massive Star Feedback (slides: pptx, pdf)
November 27, Class 17: Phenomenology of Late-Stage Disks (slides: pptx, pdf)
November 29, Class 18: Physical Processes in Late-Stage Disks
December 4, Class 19: Planetesimals to Planets
December 6, Class 20: Gass Accretion and Giant Planet Formation (slides: pptx, pdf)