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Meeting No. |
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Chapter |
| Jan. 26 |
1 |
Introduction |
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| Jan. 28 |
2 |
Overview of detection schemes: direct and heterodyne | |
| Feb. 2 |
3 |
Heterodyne radiometers I: amplification and noise | |
| Feb. 4 |
4 |
Mathematical tools: Fourier series and transforms |
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| Feb. 9 |
5 |
Heterodyne radiometers II: frequency conversion | |
| Feb. 11 |
6 |
Spectrometers | |
| Feb. 16 |
7 |
The overall receiving system; the radiometer equation | |
| Feb. 18 |
8 |
Antennas: diffraction in single dishes and interferometers | |
| Feb. 23 |
9 |
Antennas: wire antennas, single dishes, optics, and feeds | |
| Feb. 25 |
10 |
Antennas: interferometry and aperture synthesis | |
| Mar. 1 |
11 |
Antennas: interferometry and aperture synthesis | |
| Mar. 3 |
12 |
Practical observing and coordinate systems | |
| Mar. 8 |
13 |
Midterm |
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| Mar. 10 |
14 |
Radiation: energy, power, flux density, Janskys, and all that |
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| Mar. 15 |
15 |
No class -- Spring Break |
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| Mar. 17 |
16 |
No class -- Spring Break |
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| Mar. 22 |
17 |
Radiation: spectra revisited; radiative transfer, optical depth | |
| Mar. 24 |
18 |
Galactic continuum radiation: The Galaxy and other galaxies | |
| Mar. 29 |
19 |
Galactic continuum radiation: Synchrotron emission, cosmic rays | |
| Mar. 31 |
20 |
Galactic continuum radiation: Free-free emission and young stars | |
| Apr. 5 |
21 |
The Interstellar Medium: Temperatures and line formation | |
| Apr. 7 |
22 |
The Interstellar Medium: Neutral and ionized hydrogen | |
| Apr. 12 |
23 |
The Interstellar Medium: Molecular clouds | |
| Apr. 14 |
24 |
Galactic dynamics | |
| Apr. 19 |
25 |
Stars and the Sun | |
| Apr. 26 |
26 |
Pulsars | |
| Apr. 27 |
27 |
Radio galaxies, quasars, and active galactic nuclei | |
| May 3 |
28 |
Cosmology: discrete sources | |
| May 5 |
29 |
Cosmology: dust continuum and protogalaxies | |
| May 10 |
30 |
Cosmology: cosmic microwave background | |
| May 17 |
FINAL EXAM (CSS 2428, 1:30 - 3:30 PM) | ||
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