Teaching

Teaching

Infrared spectroscopy for astronomy
     
  Lecturer : Miwa Goto
  Time : On Wednesday 12 pm (noon) to 2 pm
  Place : Seminar room 107 (I13) University Observatory Munich, Scheinerstr. 1, Munich
  Start date : 16 October 2019
  Schedule :
  16 Oct How spectroscopy started
  23 Oct Continuum and line formation
  30 Oct Spectrograph : system
  6 Nov Spectrograph : diffraction grating I
  13 Nov Spectrograph : diffraction grating II
  20 Nov Spectrograph : detector
  27 Nov Spectrograph noise
  4 Dec Astronomical observation, data reduction, calibration
  11 Dec Interpreting observation
  18 Dec Quantum chemistry - Introduction
  8 Jan Spherical harmonics I
  15 Jan Spherical harmonics II
  22 Jan Group theory
  29 Jan Selection rule
  5 Feb Interstellar ice
  Examination : Takes place on 12 February in the seminar room at the USM. Written examination.
  Supplemental seminar : Each student presents a short talk (20 minutes) on the given subject related to the lecture. If you would like to present a talk on one of the following subjects, and have not done so yet, please talk to, or write to the lecturer.
    Subjects Keywords
    NIRSpec on JWST MSA
    iSHELL on IRTF cross-dispersing spectrograph
    ELT vs JWST sensitivity, spatial resolution
    Wavefront sensing choose one from Shackhartmann, curvature, pyramid
    Laplacian in polar coordinate vector analysis, geometry
    Visualization of spherical harmonics minimum 3 different ways
    Radial part of wavefunction central field