ASTRON 441
Classic Papers in Theoretical Astrophysics
Professor: Yoram Lithwick
readings for
Jan 10 (Thurs): Rybicky & Lightman chapter 1
2. Section 1.2, 1.3 (skip the part on Radiation Pressure) and the Emission part of Section 1.4 (pgs2-9)
3. The Absorption part of section 1.4 to up to (and including) the Kirchoff's Law part in Section 1.5 (pgs9-17)
4. The rest of section 1.5 starting from the Thermodynamics of Blackbody Radiation (pgs17-27)
5. Section 1.6 through to and including the pure scattering part of Section 1.7 (pgs27-36)
6. The rest of sections 1.7 and 1.8, starting with combined scattering and absorption (pgs36-45)
Jan 15 (Tues): Rybicky & Lightman chapter 5
4. (Sam) pg 155-156
5. (Adam) 157-158
6. (Carl) 159-160
2. (Niharika) 161-162
3. (Peter) 163-165
Kassim paper
Jan 17 (Thurs): Goldreich & Soter 1966
6. Introduction
1. Mechanism of Tidal Evolution & Despin of Planets and Satellites
3. Secular Acceleration of Satellites & Change in Satellite Eccentricity
4. Tides on Terrestrial Planets and Satellites -- Mercury
5. Venus; Earth and Moon; Mars and Its Satellites
Jan 22 (Tues): Goldreich & Soter 1966
3. Tides on the Major Planets -- Jupiter (until Equation 40)
4. From Equation. 40; Uranus; Neptune and Pluto (until Equation 48)
5. From Equation. 48; V. Tides on Satellites of Major Planets
6. Discussion and Summary until start of new paragraph on Pg. 387
1. From new paragraph on Pg. 387 until the end
Jan 25 (Fri): Davis & Greenstein 1951
5. Beginning of Section 3 to end of 3.5 (pgs 209 - 213)
6. 3.6 to end of Section 3. (pgs. 213 - 217)
1. Section 4 (pgs. 217 - 219)
2. Beginning of Section 5 to end of section 5.1 (pgs. 219 - 224)
4. 5.2 to end of Section 5 (pgs. 224 - 226)
Jan 29 (Tues): Chandrasekhar & Fermi 1953
Feb 1 (Fri): Goldreich & Tremaine 1979
Goldreich & Tremaine 1980
1. Spiral Density Waves - GT79 thru eqn 22
2. Spiral Density Waves - GT79 thru eqn 30
3. Torques, GT79 eqn (46) and (56)
5. I(a) through I (d) (stop @ eq. 20)
6. I(e) through eqn. 31
Feb 5 (Tues): Meyer-Vernet and Sicardy (pp. 1-11, skim the rest)
shotgun style
Feb 8 (Fri):
Goldreich & Tremaine 1980
5. II a-d (including derivations)
6. II e (including derivations)
1. Section IV -eqn 88
2. eqn 89 - V(a)
3. V(b) and V(d) (but not V(c))
4. section V-e thru to end
Feb 12&15 (off)
Feb 19 (Tues): Goldreich & Schubert 1967
1. Section 2 to equation 10
2. Equation 11 to right before equations 23
3. Equations 23 to equation 36
4. Equation 37 to bottom of page 578
6. Page 579 to equation 50, including Figure 1
Feb 22 (Fri)
3. Equation 51 to end of Section 3
4. Section 4 to equation 69
6. Equation 70 to end of Section 4
1. Section 5 to equation 74
2. Rest of paper
Feb 26 (Tues) Hut 1981
6. Section II -- equation 11
1. Equation 11 -- end of section III
2. Appendix A -- equation A15
3. Equation A15 -- end of Appendix A
4. Appendix B -- equation B14
5. B14 -- end of Appendix B
March 1 (Tues): Hut 1981
1. Section III - just before equation 34
2. Equation 34 - end of Section III
3. Section IV - page 134
4. Page 134 - End.
5. Appendix C - equation C14
6. Equation C14 - End of Appendix C
March 5 (Tues): Matt Shu chapter 15 (shocks)
2. All of Small-Amplitude Acoustic Waves Section
3. equation 15.8 to 15.22
4. bottom of page 207 to page 210, paragraph ending in: "(Figure 15.6)"
5. bottom of page 210 to last equation on page 213
6. bottom of page 213 to page 216, skip Artificial Viscosity section at the end
March 8 (Fri)--March 15(Fri): Niharika&Peter&Adam Shakura & Sunyaev
2.&3. Section 1
4. Beginning of 2 to end of Section 2.1 (top right of 343)
5. Section 2.1 to just before equation 2.8
6. Equation 2.8 to just before 2a (top right of 346)
1. 2a to the beginning of 2.3 (end of 347)
5. 2.3 to Equation 3.6 (lefthand side of 349)
6. Equation 3.6 to bottom of the lefthand column of 350.
1. Bottom left of 350 to Equation 5.3
2. Equation 5.3 to the bottom left of 353, the paragraph beginning "Note that..."
3. "Note that" to end of Section IV
4. Section V and Appendix