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 schedule ASTR 5110 Atomic and Molecular Processes Fall 2023: Timetable

Week Monday Wednesday Friday
1 Aug 28
syllabus 		Aug 30
Stat Mech §1 		Sep 1
Stat Mech §6
2 Sep 4
Labor Day 		Sep 6
Stat Mech §9 		Sep 8
The demons haunting thermodynamics
Stat Mech §13
Problem Set 1 due in class
3 Sep 11
Ludwig Boltzmann
Stat Mech §17 		Sep 13
Stat Mech §18
Problem Set 2 due in class
Sep 15
Women astronomers at Harvard, 1910
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
Stat Mech §21
4 Sep 18
Stat Mech §27 		Sep 20
Stat Mech §34
Occupation number
Problem Set 3 due in class
Sep 22
Stat Mech §35
5 Sep 25
Stat Mech §36
Mass-radius relation for cold matter
Stat Mech Summary 		Sep 27
Overview 1
Problem Set 4 due in class
24-hour take-home Midterm available
Sep 29
Overview 2
6 Oct 2
No class (exam day)
Oct 4
Neptune JWST
Overview 2 (cont.)
24-hour take-home Midterm due
Oct 6
Deuterium
7 Oct 9
6. Multielectron atoms 		Oct 11
Problem Set 5 due in class
Oct 13
7. Selection Rules
8 Oct 16 Oct 18
8. Collisions
Problem Set 6 due in class
Oct 20
Wellness day (no class)
9 Oct 23 Oct 25
7. He I
Problem Set 7 due in class
Oct 27
Solar Dynamics Observatory
10 Oct 30
9. Zeeman effect 		Nov 1
9. 21cm hyperfine line
Problem Set 8 due in class
Nov 3
10. Radiative processes
11 Nov 6
10. Optical depth 		Nov 8
10. Line profiles
Problem Set 9 due in class
Nov 10
11. Molecules
Final Project sign-up due
12 Nov 13 Nov 15
12. Molecular spectra
Problem Set 10 due in class
Nov 17
No class
Assign reviewers for Final Project
13 Fall Break
14 Nov 27
11. Polyatomic molecules 		Nov 29 Dec 1
Final video presentation due
15 Dec 4
Final Projects week
Online FCQs open (you should receive an email) 		Dec 6
Problem Set 11 due in class
Dec 8
16 Dec 11 Dec 13
Last day of classes 		Dec 15
Reading Day
17 Dec 18 Dec 20
Final paper due by 11.59pm Wed Dec 20
Dec 22

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