| ASTR 505 | Fall 2015 |
|---|
| Date | Topics | Reading | Dioscussion Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 24 | Introductions | Syllabus | |
| Aug. 26 | General Terms | ||
| Aug. 31 | Giant Molecular Clouds | Formation of molecular clouds and global conditions for star formation | Yixian Cao |
| Sept. 2 | Giant Molecular Clouds | Talk and Slides | Yixian Cao |
| Sept. 7 | Labor Day (no class) | From filamentary networks to dense cores in molecular clouds: Toward a new paradigm for star formation | Erin Cox |
| Sept. 9 | Dense Cores | Talk and Slides | Erin Cox |
| Sept. 14 | Making Stars in Clouds | The star formation rate of molecular clouds | Andrew Nadolski |
| Sept. 16 | Making Stars in Clouds | Talk and Slides | Andrew Nadolski |
| Sept. 21 | Star Formation in the Milky Way | The Milky Way as a star formation engine | Jennifer Li |
| Sept. 23 | Star Formation in the Milky Way | Talk or Slides | Jennifer Li |
| Sept. 28 | Protostellar Evolution | The evolution of protostars: Insights from ten years of infrared surveys with SPITZER and HERSCHEL | Ada Ertel |
| Sept. 30 | Protostellar Evolution | Talk and Slides | Ada Ertel |
| Oct. 5 | Star Clusters | The formation and early evolution of young massive clusters | James Cheshire |
| Oct. 7 | Star Clusters | Talk and Slides | James Cheshire |
| Oct. 12 | No Class (SOFIA) | ||
| Oct. 14 | No Class (SOFIA) | ||
| Oct. 19 | Circumstellar Disks Evolution | Dust evolution in protoplanetary disks | Sadhana Krishnamoorthy |
| Oct. 21 | Circumstellar Disks Evolution | Talk and Slides | Sadhana Krishnamoorthy |
| Oct. 26 | Volatiles in Disks | Volatiles in protoplanetary disks | Matt Zaverdas |
| Oct. 28 | Volatiles in Disks | Talk and Slides | Matt Zaverdas |
| Nov. 2 | No Class (SOFIA) | ||
| Nov. 4 | No Class (SOFIA) | ||
| Nov. 9 | Planetesimal Formation | The multifaceted planetesimal formation process | Yixian Cao |
| Nov. 11 | Planetesimal Formation | Talk and Slides | Yixian Cao |
| Nov. 16 | Terrestrial planet formation | Terrestrial planet formation at home and abroad | Erin Cox |
| Nov. 18 | Terrestrial planet formation | Talk and Slides | Erin Cox |
| Nov. 23 | Thanksgiving Break | ||
| Nov. 25 | Thanksgiving Break | ||
| Nov 30 | Exoplanet Atmospheres | Exoplanetary Atmospheres | Jennifer Li |
| Dec. 2 | Exoplanet Atmospheres | Talk and Slides | Jennifer Li |
| Dec. 7 | Exoplanets | New exoplanetary systems Talk | Ada Ertel |