AY204b Physics of Astrophysics

Instructor: Jason X. Prochaska

• Email: xavier@ucolick.org
• Office: ISB 333
• Phone: 459-2135

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Texts:

(None required, *=Recommended)

• *Sakurai, "Modern Quantum Mechanics"
• Gasciorowicz
• Shu
• *Rybicky & Lightman

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Lecture Notes:

• Review of Quantum Mech
• Review of Angular Momentum
• Atomic Structure
• Perturbation Theory
• Radiative Transitions
• Photoionzation and Recombination
• Molecules
• Forbidden Transitions (new)
• 21 cm (new)

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Your Obligations:

• Problem Sets: ~5 assignments
• Final (takehome) exam

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Problem Sets:

• Problem Set 1
• Problem Set 2
• Problem Set 3
• Problem Set 4
• Final Set