READING AND HOMEWORK ASSIGMENTS
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HW Assignments are due before 4:30PM on Friday of the week indicated (except as noted)
Reading Assignments are from the course textbook by Rosswog and Bruggen (R&B)
| Week of | Reading Assignment | HW Assignment |
| Aug 29 |
Chap 1 (R&B) Summary of HEA science |
None |
| Sep 5 |
Chap 2 (R&B) Finish summary, collisions |
Assignment 1 |
| Sep 12 |
Chap 2 and Section 3.7 (R&B) Thomson scattering Larmor's Formula photoelectric absorption |
Assignment 2 |
| Sep 19 |
Section 3.8.3 (R&B) Compton scattering, pair production, detectors |
Assignment 3 |
| Sep 26 |
Finish detectors
X-ray detectors
X-ray Telescopes |
Assignment 4 |
| Oct 3 |
Finish X-ray Telescopes
X-ray optics Sections 3.1-3.5 Blackbody radiation |
Assignment 5 |
| Oct 10 |
Finish Blackbody radiation Section 3.8 Bremsstrahlung |
Assignment 6 |
| Oct 17 |
Midterm Review Homework Review |
Assignment 7 |
| Oct 24 |
Tues: MIDTERM EXAM Fri: Supernovae (R&B) Sections 4.1-4.3 |
None |
| Oct 31 |
Section 3.6 Radiative transitions Ionization/recombination/Ionization fractions |
Assignment 8 |
| Nov 7 |
Section 3.8.2 Synchrotron radiation Section 3.8.3 Compton scattering and emission |
None |
| Nov 14 |
Sections 4.1-4.3 Finish supernovae Section 4.4 Supernova remnants |
Assignment 9 |
| Nov 21 |
No classes Happy Thanksgiving! |
None |
| Nov 28 | Sections 4.4 Finish supernova remnants | Assignment 10 |
| Dec 5 |
Sections 4.4 Diffusive Shock Acceleration Sections 5.1-5.4 Pulsars |
None |
| Dec 12 | Finish Pulsars | Assignment 11 |
| Dec 23 | FINAL EXAM | 8am-11am |
Please send any comments to Jack Hughes, jph //at\\ physics.rutgers.edu.
Revised November 11, 2011