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 schedule ASTR 5110 Atomic and Molecular Processes Fall 2024: Timetable

Week Monday Wednesday Friday
1 Aug 26
syllabus 		Aug 28
Stat Mech §1 		Aug 30
Stat Mech §6
2 Sep 2
Labor Day 		Sep 4
Stat Mech §9 		Sep 6
The demons haunting thermodynamics
Stat Mech §13
Problem Set 1 due in class
3 Sep 9
Ludwig Boltzmann
Stat Mech §17 		Sep 11
Women astronomers at Harvard, 1910
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
Stat Mech §18
Problem Set 2 due in class
Sep 13
Atmospheric O2 lines
O2 potential energy curve
Stat Mech §21
4 Sep 16
Stat Mech §21 		Sep 18
Stat Mech §28
Problem Set 3 due in class
Sep 20
Stat Mech §34
5 Sep 23
Stat Mech §36
Occupation number
Mass-radius relation for cold matter
Stat Mech Summary 		Sep 25
AMP Overview 1
Problem Set 4 due in class
24-hour take-home Midterm available
Sep 27
AMP Overview 2
6 Sep 30
No class (exam day)
Oct 2
Neptune JWST
AMP Overview 2 (cont.)
24-hour take-home Midterm due
Oct 4
JWST Little Red Dot at z = 7.6
Deuterium
Big Bang Nucleosynthesis
7 Oct 7
6. Multielectron atoms
Hanny's Voorverp 		Oct 9
6. Terms and levels
Eagle Nebula
Problem Set 5 due in class
Oct 11
7. Selection Rules
Simeis 147 (SNR)
8 Oct 14
Angular Momentum
Composite quasar spectrum 		Oct 16
8. Collisions
NGC 1275 (Per A)
Problem Set 6 due in class
Oct 18
Squid nebula
9 Oct 21
Cas A JWST
Cas A x-ray 		Oct 23
7. He I
Solar Dynamics Observatory
SDO wavelengths
Sun news
Problem Set 7 due in class
Oct 25
9. Zeeman effect
SDO Fe I 6173Å magnetogram
Magnetic He-sdO star
10 Oct 28
9. HI 21cm hyperfine line
HI Magellanic Stream 		Oct 30
10. Radiative processes
Problem Set 8 due in class
Nov 1
Wellness day (no class)
11 Nov 4
10. Optical depth
Dipole angular pattern
Moon & sky 		Nov 6
10. Line profiles
Problem Set 9 due in class
Nov 8
11. Molecules
Cas A JWST CO
CO potential energy diagram
Final Project sign-up due
12 Nov 11
Center for Teaching & Learning advice
Anonymously evaluate this course
H2 in a stellar disk 		Nov 13
12. Molecular spectra
H2 ro-vibrational levels
H2 in a star-forming region
Problem Set 10 due in class
Nov 15
11. Polyatomic molecules
CO2, HCN theory.
Vibration animations
T Tau disks Spitzer
Disk JWST
Assign reviewers for Final Project
13 Nov 18
13. Astronomical masers
H2O rotational levels
M106
Anonymous feedback 		Nov 20
II Zw 96
Arp 220 OH 		Nov 22
CO around Sgr A*
CO in protoplanetary disks
Final video presentation due
14 Fall Break
15 Dec 2
Final Projects week
Online FCQs open (you should receive an email) 		Dec 4
Problem Set 11 due in class
Dec 6
16 Dec 9 Dec 11
Last day of classes 		Dec 13
Reading Day
17 Dec 16 Dec 18
Final paper due by 11.59pm Wed Dec 18
Dec 20

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