Physics 171.614                                                                                                Spring 2006


Radiative Astrophysics II


Lecture and Reading Schedule 

Week of:   

Jan 30    Non-relativistic quantum mechanics              RL 9.1; BJ 1.7, 2.1-2.2, 4.1

Feb  6     Semiclassical treatment                                    RL 10.1; BJ 2.8 (perturbation theory), 4.2

Feb 13    Radiative cross sections, oscillator strengths RL 3.6, 10.2-10.3, 10.6; BJ 4.3-4.7

Feb 20    Photoionization, selection rules                       RL 9.5, 10.4-10.5; BJ 4.8-4.9

Feb 27    Dirac equation                                                   BJ 2.5, Appendix 7

Mar  6    Pauli eq., single-electron atoms                      RL 9.2; BJ 3.1-3.3, 5.1-5.3

Mar 13   Two-electron atoms                                         RL 9.3-9.4; BJ 7.1-7.6

Mar 20   SPRING BREAK           

Mar 27   Multi-electron atoms                                     BJ 8.1-8.2, 8.5, 9.4-9.6

Apr  3    Effects of external fields                                 BJ 6.2

Apr 10   Diatomic molecules                                         RL 11.1; BJ 10.1-10.5

Apr 17   Chemical bond, polyatomic molecules         RL 11.2; BJ 10.6

Apr 24   Spectroscopy of diatomic molecules             RL 11.3-11.5; BJ 11.1-11.5

May  1   Applications

May  5    Last day of classes

*RL refers to sections in Rybicki and Lightman; BJ to sections in Bransden and Joachain.

(last revision February 13, 2006)