Graduate Courses: 2004-2005

Courses preceded by an asterik are required for first year graduate students.

Schedule

2004 - 2005 : Autumn Winter Spring

AUTUMN, 2004 (University Courses Catalog)

Course	Title	Time/Location	Instructor
*ASTR 30100	Astrophysics I	9:00am-10:20am Tue, Thu AAC 123	Andrey V. Kravtsov
*ASTR 30500	Radiative Processes in Astrophysics	4:30pm-5:50pm Tue, Thu AAC 107	Wayne Hu
ASTR 30900	Research Project Seminar	10:30am-11:50am Tue, Thu AAC 107	Andrey V. Kravtsov
ASTR 31600	Dynamics II (Particle Systems)	3:00pm-4:20pm Tue, Fri AAC 107	Arieh Konigl
ASTR 37100	Pre-Candidacy Research	ARR	Kyle M. Cudworth
ASTR 39900	Reading/Research in Astrophysics	ARR	Staff
ASTR 49400	Postcandidacy Research in Astrophysics	ARR	Staff

WINTER, 2005 (University Courses Catalog)

Course	Title	Time/Location	Instructor
*ASTR 30200	Astrophysics II	12:00pm-1:20pm Tue, Thu AAC 123	James W. Truran
*ASTR 30600	Radiation Measurements in Astrophysics	3:00pm-4:20pm Mon, Thu AAC 123	Edward Kibblewhite
ASTR 31300	Extragalactic Studies	1:30pm-2:50pm Tue, Thu AAC 107	Donald G. York
ASTR 32000	Relativistic Astrophysics	3:00pm-4:20pm Tue, Fri AAC 107	Arieh Konigl
ASTR 37100	Pre-Candidacy Research	ARR	Kyle M. Cudworth
ASTR 38100	General History of Astrophysics	3:00pm-5:00pm Tue AAC 123	Noel M. Swerdlow
ASTR 39900	Reading/Research in Astrophysics	ARR	Staff
ASTR 45100	High Resolution Imaging	1:30pm-2:50pm Tue, Thu AAC 123	Edward Kibblewhite
ASTR 49400	Postcandidacy Research in Astrophysics	ARR	Staff

SPRING, 2005 (University Courses Catalog)

Course	Title	Time/Location	Instructor
*ASTR 30300	Astrophysics III	1:30pm-2:50pm Tue, Thu AAC 123	Al Doyal Harper
*ASTR 30400	Astrophysics IV	1:30pm-2:50pm Mon, Fri AAC 123	Stephen M. Kent; Richard Kron
ASTR 30700	Preparation for Summer Research Project	12:00pm-1:20pm Tue, Thu AAC 107	Angela V. Olinto
ASTR 32100	Cosmology	4:30pm-5:50pm Tue, Thu AAC 107	Wayne Hu
ASTR 33000	Computational Astrophysics	12:00pm-1:20pm Tue, Thu AAC 123	Robert Rosner
ASTR 37100	Pre-Candidacy Research	ARR	Kyle M. Cudworth
ASTR 39900	Reading/Research in Astrophysics	ARR	Staff
ASTR 49400	Postcandidacy Research in Astrophysics	ARR	Staff

Courses Description

*ASTR 30100 Astrophysics I (Detailed Outline)
Introduction to stars (physical and observational), hydrodynamics of self-gravitating fluids, statistical mechanics and equations of state, energy transport, astrophysical nuclear reactions, stellar models, advanced topics.

*ASTR 30200 Astrophysics II (Detailed Outline)
Star formation, main sequence evolution, post-main sequence evolution, degenerate stars, and supernovae.

*ASTR 30300 Astrophysics III (Detailed Outline)
Interstellar medium, collisionless systems, distribution of stars in the solar neighborhood, stellar kinematics/dynamics, observations of galactic large-scale structure, theory of galactic structure and evolution.

*ASTR 30400 Astrophysics IV (Detailed Outline)
The observed universe, the universe at high redshift, early universe microwave background radiation, relativistic homogeneous isotropic cosmologies, evolution of structure in the universe, primordial nucleosynthesis.

*ASTR 30500 Radiative Processes in Astrophysics (Detailed Outline)
Fundamentals of radiative transfer, theory of stellar atmospheres, basic theory of radiation fields, continuum emission processes, atomic and molecular emission, plasma effects.

*ASTR 30600 Radiation Measurements in Astrophysics (Detailed Outline)
Radiation as a random process, optical coherence, and signal analysis in spatial and temporal domains, along with the detection and measurement of radiation with astronomical instruments.

ASTR 30700 Preparation for Summer Research Project
Students work with faculty members to select their research project topic and study the published literature related to it.

ASTR 30900 Research Project Seminar
Students present a seminar series based on their summer research projects.

ASTR 31300 Extragalactic Studies
Interpretation of observations of galaxies, quasars, and intergalactic material. The structure of selected individual objects is discussed as well as the contents of the universe as a whole.

ASTR 31600 Dynamics II (Particle Systems)
Dynamics of collisionless plasmas and stellar systems. Stochastic processes and kinetic equations. Dynamics of galaxies and star clusters. Astrophysical plasmas.

ASTR 32000 Relativistic Astrophysics
Special and General relativity and the experimental tests, with applications to astrophysical problems such as super-massive stars, black holes, relativistic star clusters, and gravitational radiation.

ASTR 32100 Cosmology
Study of physical cosmology with emphasis on the standard big-bang model and its observational and experimental tests.

ASTR 33000 Computational Astrophysics
Basic computational methods useful for astrophysics, supplemented by specific examples drawn primarily from astrophysics. Starting with basics (e.g., precision, errors and error analysis) and basic computational methods (differentiation, integration/quadrature, Monte Carlo, numerical linear algebra), and then discussing solution of problems posed in terms of ordinary and partial differential equations.

ASTR 37100 Pre-Candidacy Research

ASTR 38100 General History of Astrophysics

ASTR 39900 Reading/Research in Astrophysics

ASTR 45100 High Resolution Imaging

ASTR 49400 Postcandidacy Research in Astrophysics

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