Astronomy 225 Spring 2008 Notes

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	Astronomy 225: Formation of Stars and Planets, Spring 2008 Schedule and Notes (pdf)

	Jan 31, Thu, Introduction to Formation of Stars and Planets Feb 05, Tue, Molecular Clouds and Radioastronomy Spectroscopy Feb 07, Thu, Dense Cores, Virial Equilibrium, Jeans Mass Feb 12, Tue, Initial Mass Function, Clump/Core Mass Functions, Bonnor-Ebert Spheres Feb 14, Thu, Ambipolar Diffusion, Inside-Out Collapse Feb 19, Tue, Infall Signatures, Protostellar Outflows Feb 21, Thu, Phil Myers, classic paper: Dense cores in dark clouds. II - NH3 observations and star formation, notes Feb 26, Tue, Protostellar Outflow Phenomena and Models Feb 28, Thu, Spectral Energy Distributions Mar 04, Tue, Protostar and Pre-Main-Sequence Evolution Mar 06, Thu, Charlie Lada, classic paper(s): Spectral Evolution of Young Stellar Objects and The nature of the embedded population in the Rho Ophiuchi dark cloud - Mid-infrared observations Mar 11, Tue, Magnetospheric Accretion, Accretion Disk Theory Mar 13, Thu, Accretion Disk Theory, Shakura-Sunyaev Model Mar 18, Tue, Disk Models (cont), Grain Growth Mar 20, Thu, Scott Kenyon, classic paper: Pre-Main-Sequence Evolution in the Taurus-Auriga Molecular Cloud Mar 25, Tue, spring break, no lecture Mar 27, Thu, spring break, no lecture Apr 01, Tue, Observations of "Protoplanetary" Disks Apr 03, Thu, Solar System, Meteorites Apr 08, Tue, Extrasolar Planets, Dust Sedimentation/Aggolomeration Apr 10, Thu, Lori Allen, classic paper: Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) Colors of Young Stellar Objects, notes Apr 15, Tue, Coagulation Models and Experiments, Goldreich-Ward Mechanism Apr 17, Thu, Core Accretion, Gravitational Instability Apr 22, Tue, Planet Migration Apr 24, Thu, Kuiper Belt, Debris Disks Apr 29, Tue, Debris Disk Structure and Unseen Planets May 01, Thu, Massive Star Formation, Perspectives Problem Set #1 (due March 18) Problem Set #2 (due May 01) Final Paper (due May 14) Return to Astronomy 225 Home