Spring quarter 2011
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 2:00 - 3:10 PM
356 ISB
Homework Assignments
Homework 1, due April 11
Homework 2, due April 25
Homework 3, due May 9
Homework 4, due May 23
Homework 5, due June 6
Lecture Notes
March 28, Class 1: Observing the cold ISM (slides: ppt, pdf)
March 30, Class 2: Observations of galactic star formation (slides: ppt, pdf)
April 1, Class 3: Observations of extragalactic star formation (slides: ppt, pdf)
April 4, Class 4: Turbulence in molecular clouds (slides: ppt, pdf)
April 6, Class 5: Thermal and magnetic processes in molecular clouds (slides: ppt, pdf)
April 8, Class 6: The virial theorem
April 11, Class 7: Giant molecular clouds on the galactic scale (slides: ppt, pdf)
April 13, Class 8: Giant molecular cloud dynamics (slides: ppt, pdf)
April 15, Class 9: Giant molecular cloud chemistry (slides: ppt, pdf)
April 20, Class 10: Stability and instability in GMCs (slides: ppt, pdf)
April 21, Class 11: Collapsing cores (slides: ppt, pdf)
April 22, Class 12: Magnetized collapse (slides: ppt, pdf)
April 25, Class 13: Star clusters and fragmentation -- observations (slides: ppt, pdf)
April 27, Class 14: Star clusters and fragmentation -- theory (slides: ppt, pdf)
April 29, Class 15: Binaries and fragmentation (slides: ppt, pdf)
May 1, Class 16: Protostellar disks -- observations and basic theory (slides: ppt, pdf)
May 3, Class 17: Physics of protostellar disks -- anomalous viscosity and outflows (slides: ppt, pdf)
May 5, Class 18: The feedback effects of protostellar outflows (slides: ppt, pdf)
May 9, Class 19: Protostellar birth
May 11, Class 20: Protostellar evolution theory (slides: ppt, pdf)
May 13, Class 21: Observable properties of protostars (slides: ppt, pdf)
May 16, Class 22: Massive star formation basics (slides: ppt, pdf)
May 18, Class 23: Massive stars on the cluster scale (slides: ppt, pdf)
May 20, Class 24: Massive star feedback on the galactic scale
May 23, Class 25: Phenomenology of late-stage disks (slides: ppt, pdf)
May 25, Class 26: Physical processes in late-stage disks
May 27, Class 27: Pebbles to planetesimals
May 30: Memorial Day, no class
June 1: Class 28: Planetesimals to planets
June 3: Class 29: Gas accretion and giant planet formation (slides: ppt, pdf)