Astro 305
MF 4:30-5:50 AAC 107
(yes I apologize for the time!)
The textbook for this course is Rybicki and Lightman: Radiative Processes in Astrophysics J. Wiley 1979. Please purchase this book from Amazon or your local bookstore. Grades will be based on problem sets (50%), in class open notes midterm (20%) and in class open notes final (30%).
Problem Set 1: due Oct 7 (not Oct 12)
Problem Set 2: due Oct 14
Problem Set 3: due Oct 21 (no class Friday - either place in LASR mailbox or turn in on Monday)
Problem Set 4: due Oct 28
Problem Set 5: due Nov 21
Problem Set 6: due Nov 28
Problem Set 7: optional (extra credit - the original ps 6)
Classical E&M and Plasma Effects
Relativity [for review, likely omitted in lectures]
[Midterm]
Classical and Semiclassical Oscillator
[Final]