Lecturer: Alessandro Patruno & Rowin Meijerink

Results retake 29-1-2016

Results Exam 15-12-2015

NOTES: Students marked in red did not pass the exam. Students marked in blue have improved their scores thanks to their test exercises.

If you would like to see your exam results or you have questions please do not hesitate to contact me. A final note: Rowin has left academia so please contact me for further information.

Lecture 1 (7-Sept. 2015)

  • Slides Lecture 1
  • The material covered in the textbook: Sections 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3

Lecture 2 (15-Sept. 2015)

  • Slides Lecture 2
  • The material covered in the textbook: Sections 1.4, 1.6 and 1.7

Lecture 3 (21-Sept. 2015)

  • Slides Lecture 3
  • The material covered in the textbook: Sections 1.5 and 1.8 (note: only Rosseland approximation in 1.8)
  • Lecture notes on Kirchhoffs’ Law (Univ. Arizona)
  • Link to video on blackbody radiation
  • Mathematica applet to display the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution

Lecture 4 (28-Sept. 2015)

  • Slides Lecture 4
  • Material Covered from Textbook: Chapters 3 and 5.

Lecture 5 (5-Oct. 2015)

  • Slides Lecture 5 (pdf only)
  • Slides Lecture 5 (ppt with animations)
  • Terrell’s paper on the invisibility of Lorentz contraction
  • Material covered from textbook: 4.1, 4.5, 4.9 + exercise 4.7
  • Some examples and pictures were taken from Ghisellini’s book (Chapter 5)

Lecture 6

  • Slides Lecture 6

Lecture 7

  • Slides Lecture 7
  • Material Covered from Textbook: 6.3, 6.4 (read-only), 6.5, 6.6, 6.8

Lecture 8

  • Slides Lecture 8

Lecture 9 

  • Slides Lecture 9 (pdf)
  • The material covered in the textbook: continuations 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 only the general principles (you can read the derivation of the single-particle spectrum but it’s not necessary). Part of 7.4 was also covered.

Lecture 10

  • Slides Lecture10 (pdf)
  • NOTE: On slide 17 there was a typo in the equation Delta eps/eps = alpha*Sigma – eps. It should be Delta eps/eps = alpha*Sigma – eps/mc^2 . The slides have now been updated with the right expression (11:05 am of 10 Nov.).
  • The material covered from the textbook: all remaining Chapter 7.

Lecture 11

  • Slides Lecture11 (pdf)
  • Atomic Levels
  • Molecular Levels
  • Radiative excitations
  • Collisional excitations
  • Line broadening
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