Schedule for AY501: Last updated 2003Nov02 (schedules subject to change)
| Date | Readings | Topics | Homework |
| Wed Oct 22 | Polarimetry | #1 | |
| Fri Oct 24 | Infrared Detectors (photoconductors, photodiodes, noise processes, MUXs, visit SNAP lab) | ||
| Mon Oct 27 | |||
| Wed Oct 29 | * | Rescheduled (see Peach Mountain Visit below) | |
| Fri Oct 31 | Bolometers (basics, types, noise, cryogenics, examples) | Due #1 | |
| Mon Nov 3 | |||
| Wed Nov 5 | Background-limited observing (dewars, lyot stops, chop/nod, *SNR*, advantages of SPACE) | ||
| Fri Nov 7 | |||
| Mon Nov 10 | MSS5 | Atmospheric Turbulence Theory (Kolmogorov) | |
| Wed Nov 12 | Adaptive Optics | ||
| Fri Nov 14 | Radio Astronomy (signal processing, telescopes, antenna theory, hardware, observing methods, spectroscopy) | Due #2 | |
| Mon Nov 17 | |||
| Wed Nov 19 | |||
| Fri Nov 21 | TMS
Chap2-4 |
Radio Interferometry (single-baseline, important effects, VLBI) | |
| Mon Nov 24 | |||
| Wed Nov 26 | No Class | ||
| Fri Nov 28 | No Class (Thanksgiving) | ||
| Mon Dec 1 | Monnier 2003; MSS | Optical Interferometry (coherent combination, closure phase) | Due #3 |
| (Tue Dec 02) | Visit to Peach Mountain Radio Observatory | ||
| Wed Dec 3 | TMS(Ch5,10,11), MSS | Aperture Synthesis Imaging (imaging theory, deconvolution, CLEAN, Maximum Entropy, self-calibration) | |
| Fri Dec 5 | |||
| Mon Dec 8 | |||
| Wed Dec 10 |
Special Topics (optical fibers, coronagraphy, ...)
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Due #4 |