- People
- Facilities
- Research
- Academics
- Outreach
- Site Map
Class calendar
| Date | Topic | PS | Reading | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10 | Introduction | |||
| Jan 12 | Fundamentals | |||
| Jan 17 | Dust | 1 | ||
| Jan 19 | Dust |
Toward Planetesimals in the Disk around TW Hydrae Wilner et al. 2005, ApJ, 628, L109 |
||
| Jan 24 | Dust | 2 | ||
| Jan 26 | Dust |
Near Infrared Mapping and Molecular Cloud Structure, sections 1 and 2 Lada, Alves & Lombardi 2005, PPV |
||
| Jan 31 | Ionized regions | 3 | ||
| Feb 2 | Ionized regions |
The Radio Supernebula in NGC5253 Turner, Beck, & Ho 2000, ApJ, 552, L109 |
||
| Feb 7 | Ionized regions | 4 | ||
| Feb 9 | Ionized regions |
Classification Parameters for the Emission Line Spectra of Extragalactic Objects Baldwin, Phillips, & Terlevich 1981, PASP, 93, 5 |
Howard colloquium | |
| Feb 14 | Atomic regions | 5 | ||
| Feb 16 | Atomic regions |
The HI Distribution of the Milky Way Kalberla & Kerp 2009, Annual Reviews |
Mainzer colloquium | |
| Feb 21 | no class |
Cenko colloquium JPW in ESO Garching |
||
| Feb 23 | no class |
Dodson-Robinson colloquium JPW in ESO Garching |
||
| Feb 28 | Heating and Cooling | 6 | Boylan-Kolchin colloquium | |
| Mar 1 | Heating and Cooling | Stark colloquium | ||
| Mar 6 | Heating and Cooling | 7 |
X-ray Absorption Lines Probe the Missing Half of the Cosmic Baryon Population Schwarzschild 2005, Physics Today |
|
| Mar 8 | Molecules | Batygin colloquium | ||
| Mar 13 | Molecules | 8 | ||
| Mar 15 | Molecules |
The Milky Way in Molecular Clouds Dame, Hartmann, & Thaddeus 2001, ApJ, 547, 792 |
||
| Mar 20 | guest lecture -- Dave Sanders |
Evolution of Star Formation and Gas Scoville Canary Islands lecture |
JPW in Grenoble | |
| Mar 22 | guest lecture -- Jacqueline Keane | Interstellar ices: origin, evolution, and their diagnostic capability (see van Dishoeck Annual Review and Tielens book Sections 2.1.2, 4.2, 10.7.4) | JPW in Grenoble | |
| Mar 26-30 | --- no class --- | Spring Break | ||
| Apr 3 | Molecules |
An Observational Perspective of Low Mass Dense Cores: Internal Physical and Chemical Properties Di Francesco et al. 2005, PPV |
||
| Apr 5 | Dynamics | |||
| Apr 10 | Dynamics | 9 |
Near Infrared Mapping and Molecular Cloud Structure, section 3 Lada, Alves & Lombardi 2005, PPV |
|
| Apr 12 | Herschel's impact on ISM research | From atoms to pebbles conference | ||
| Apr 17 | Star Formation | 10 |
Star Formation in Molecular Clouds Krumholz Rio lecture |
|
| Apr 19 | Star formation |
Evolution of Star Formation and Gas Scoville Canary Islands lecture (redux) |
||
| Apr 24 | guest lecture -- Regina Jorgenson | 11 | Lyman-alpha systems | JPW at Caltech |
| Apr 26 | The circumstellar medium |
Protoplanetary Disks and Their Evolution Williams & Cieza 2011 Annual Reviews |
||
| May 1 | Student presentations |
Back to course home
Ast622 The Interstellar Medium (Jonathan Williams, IfA)