Spring quarter 2012
TuTh 2:00 - 3:45
356 ISB
Homework Assignments
Homework 1, due April 17, 2012; solutions, mathematica notebook to solve problem 3
Homework 2, due May 1, 2012 (quasar spectrum for problem 1; first column is wavelength in Angstrom, second is normalized flux); solutions
Homework 3, due May 15 May 22, 2012; solutions, IDL code to solve problem 1
Homework 4, due May 29, 2012; solutions, mathematica notebook to solve problem 2
Homework 5, due June 12, 2012; solutions
Lecture Notes
Tuesday, April 3: Class 1: An Overview of the ISM and IGM; Collision Rates (slides: pptx, pdf)
Thursday, April 5: Class 2: Statistical Mechanics in the ISM
Tuesday, April 10: Class 3: Atomic and Molecular Levels and Lines
Thursday, April 12: Class 4: Radiation-Matter Interaction, presentation on Neufeld (1990)
Tuesday, April 17: Class 5: Observational Techniques I: Hydrogen Emission in the Radio, homework 1 due
Thursday, April 19: Class 6: Observational Techniques II: Absorption Spectroscopy, presentation on Savage & Sembach (1991)
Tuesday, April 24: Class 7: Ionization and Recombination Processes
Thursday, April 26: Class 8: Ionization Equilibrium, presentation on Ferland et al. (1998) and Kewley et al. (2001)
Tuesday, May 1: Class 9: Collisionally Excited Line Emission, homework 2 due
Thursday, May 3: Class 10: Collisionally Excited Line Diagnostics, presentation on Goldreich & Kwan (1974)
Tuesday, May 8: Class 11: Interstellar Dust: Theory
Thursday, May 10: Class 12: Interstellar Dust: Observations (slides: pptx, pdf), presentation on Weingartner & Draine (2001)
Tuesday, May 15: Class 13: HII Regions: Chemical and Thermal Properties
Thursday, May 17: Class 14: HII Regions: Dynamics (slides: pptx, pdf, movie 1 (mpg), movie 2 (mpg), movie 3 (mpg)), presentation on Franco et al. (1990)
Tuesday, May 22: Class 15: HI: Thermodynamics and Phase Structure (slides: pptx, pdf, movie 1 (mpg))
Thursday, May 24: Class 16: HI: Vertical Distribution, presentations on Wolfire et al. (2003) and Walter et al. (2008)
Tuesday, May 29: Class 17: Molecular Gas: The Atomic to Molecular Transition
Thursday, May 31: Class 18: Molecular Gas: Giant Molecular Clouds and Star Formation, presentations on Draine & Bertoldi (1996) and Krumholz, McKee, & Tumlinson (2008)
Tuesday, June 5: Class 19: Hot Gas: Physical Processes (slides: pptx, pdf)
Thursday, June 7: Class 20: Global ISM Models (slides: pptx, pdf), presentations on McKee & Ostriker (1977) and Ostriker, McKee, & Leroy (2010)
Other
Schedule of in class paper presentations