Schedule for ASTR 4201 (Fall 2020)
*Schedule subject to change pending reasonable advance notice
Date | Book Sections | "Quick Notes" | Related Homework |
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Tue. Aug. 25 | - | - | Syllabus, Homework Procedure |
Thu. Aug. 27 | 1.1-1.3 | Light Propagation pdf,mp4,yt | Homework 1 |
Tue. Sep. 1 | 1.4-1.5 | Blackbody Radiation pdf,mp4,yt | Homework 1 |
Thu. Sep. 3 | 1.6 | Magnitudes pdf,mp4,yt | Homework 1 Class Solutions |
Tue. Sep. 8 | 2.1-2.2 | Simple Atmospheres pdf,mp4,yt | Homework 2 |
Thu. Sep. 10 | 2.3-2.4 | Dynamical Time pdf,mp4,yt | Check-in, Homework 2 |
Tue. Sep. 15 | 2.5 | Virial Equilibrium pdf,mp4,yt | Homework 2 |
Thu. Sep. 17 | 2.6 | Star Formation pdf,mp4,yt | Homework 2 Class Solutions |
Tue. Sep. 22 | 3.1 | Photons and Matter pdf,mp4,yt | Homework 3 |
Thu. Sep. 24 | 3.2-3.3 | Photon Diffusion Time pdf,mp4,yt | Homework 3 |
Tue. Sep. 29 | 3.3-3.4 | Random Walk pdf,mp4,yt | Homework 3 |
Thu. Oct. 1 | 3.5 | Eddington Gray Atmosphere pdf,mp4,yt | Check-in, Homework 3 Class Solutions |
Tue. Oct. 6 | 4.1-4.3 | Orbital Angular Momentum pdf,mp4,yt | Homework 4 |
Thu. Oct. 8 | 4.4 | Saha Equation pdf,mp4,yt | Homework 4 |
Tue. Oct. 13 | 4.5 | Oscillator Strengths pdf,mp4,yt | Homework 4 Class Solutions |
Thu. Oct. 15 | All of the above | All of the above | Midterm, Group A |
Tue. Oct. 20 | All of the above | All of the above | Midterm, Group B |
Thu. Oct. 22 | 5.1 | Liquid Drop Model pdf,mp4,yt | Check-in, Homework 5 |
Tue. Oct. 27 | 5.2 | Cross Sections pdf,mp4,yt | Homework 5 |
Thu. Oct. 29 | 5.3-5.4 | Hydrogen Burning pdf,mp4,yt | Homework 5 |
Tue. Nov. 3 | - | No Class - Election Day | Vote. Consider volunteering as a poll worker. |
Thu. Nov. 5 | 6.1 | Convection pdf,mp4,yt | Homework 5 Class Solutions, Homework 6 |
Tue. Nov. 10 | 6.2 | Stellar Convection pdf,mp4,yt | Homework 6 |
Thu. Nov. 12 | 6.3 | Planetary Mass Radius pdf,mp4,yt | Check-in, Homework 6 |
Tue. Nov. 17 | 6.4 | End of Earth pdf,mp4,yt | Homework 6 Class Solutions |
Thu. Nov. 19 | 7.1 | s-process pdf,mp4,yt | Homework 7 |
Tue. Nov. 24 | - | No Class - Thanksgiving | - |
Thu. Nov. 26 | - | No Class - Thanksgiving | - |
Tue. Dec. 1 | 7.2 | Supernova Nucleosynthesis pdf,mp4,yt | Homework 7 |
Thu. Dec. 3 | 7.3 | Compact Object Nucleosynthesis pdf,mp4,yt | Homework 7 Class Solutions |
Week of Dec. 7 | All of the above | All of the above | Final Exam, Check-in |