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ART 6973C-Individual Project (1-10; max: 10) Creative project
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ASTRONOMY
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
 Graduate Faculty 1982-83
Chairman: H. K. Eichhorn, Graduate Coordinator: R. E.
Wilson.Graduate Research Professor: A. E. S, Green.
Distinguished Service Professor: A. G. Smith. Professors:
J. R. Buchler; T. D. Carr; K-Y Chen; F. E. Dunnam; H. K.
Eichhorn; S. T. Gottesman; J. H. Hunter; J. R. Ipser; R. E.
Wilson; F. B. Wood. Research Scientist: J. L. Weinberg.
Associate Professors: H. L. Cohen; R. J. Leacock; G. R.
Lebo; J. P. Oliver; H. C. Smith; C. A. Williams.* Associate
Research Scientists: F. Giovane; N. Y. Misconi; A. C.
Rester.
 *This member of the faculty of the University of South Florida is also
 a member of the graduate faculty of the University of Florida and
 participates in the doctoral program in the University of florida Depart-
 ment of Astronomy.
 The Department of Astronomy offers graduate work
 in astronomy and astrophysics.leading to the degrees of
 Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy. Current
 research fields include radio astronomy; astrometry and
 data adjustment theory; cosmology; photometry of close
 binaries and intrinsic variables; photometry of quasars
 and galaxies; dynamical astronomy; structure,
 kinematics, and dynamics of galaxies; planetary
 magnetospheres; lunar occultation observations; radio
 and optical instrumentation; and certain topics of
 theoretical stellar astrophysics. Additional theoretical and
 laboratory research directed toward conducting and
 interpreting space experiments occurs in the depart-
 ment's Space Astronomy Laboratory (Dr. J. L. Weinberg,
 Director). The department is active in Voyager
 radioastronomical.investigations of the magnetospheres
 of Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus.
 Major Department Facilities: Rosemary Hill Observa-
 tory, about 30 miles from Gainesville, houses a 76-cm
 reflector (cameras, spectrograph, several micro-processor
 based photometers, spectrum scanner), a 46-cm reflector
 (camera, micro-processor based photometer), and one
 terminus of a 30-mile-baseline radio interferometer. The
 Radio Observatory, 50 miles from campus, is equipped
 with low frequency (below 40 MHz) instrumentation
 consisting of a 7-acre filled-aperture array, a number of
 smaller antennas, advanced terminal equipment includ-
 ing wide-band radio spectrographs, and the other
 terminus of the 30-mile-baseline interferometer. Southern
 Hemisphere observing facilities include the Mt; John
 Observatory in New Zealand (operated jointly with the
 Universities of Canterbury and Pennsylvania) and the
 Maipu Radio Astronomical Observatory in Chile (in
 cooperation with the University of Chile). Off-campus
 facilities of the Space Astronomy Laboratory include a
 microwave analog scattering facility, a night sky observ-
 ing facility (Mt. Haleakala, Hawaii), a large coronagraph
 (vacuum) test chamber, a space experiment assembly,
 and a test facility including a laminar-flow clean room.
 Facilities on campus include numerous mini- and micro-
 computers (including a PDP1134), audio and video tape
 processing equipment, iris photometer, micro-
 densitometer, blink comparator and measuring engines.
 For direct admission to the program, a student should
 have an acceptable undergraduate degree in astronomy,
 physics, or mathematics. Students with degrees in related
 fields, such as engineering, may be admitted with the
 understanding that certain foundation courses will have


to be taken. If it seems desirable, an individual with a
strong background in.physics may perform the graduate
research work in astronomy but take the qualifying
examination and degree in physics rather than
astronomy. All degree candidates are required as part
of their training to assist in the department's teaching
program. Complete details of the program and research
facilities may be obtained by writing the Chairman, 211
Space Science Research Building.
ASI 6105C-Techniques of Optical Astronomy I (2) Prereq: AST
3019. Fundamental principles of optical imaging in astronomical
instruments. Principles of photographic and photoelectric
instruments. Principles of photographic and photoelectric
detectors. Includes laboratory exercises.
ASI 6106-Techniques of Optical Astronomy II (2) Prereq: ASI
6105C. Design of instrumentation for optical astronomy:
telescopes, photometers, spectrographs. Observational tech-
niques and data reduction. Includes laboratory exercises.
ASI 6115-Radio Astronomy Instrumentation (2) Prereq: ASI
6205. Survey of radio astronomy instrumentation, including
basic principles and methods of operation. Includes study of
antennas and arrays, interferometers, polarimeters; receivers,
recorders, and calibration devices.
ASI 6115L-Radio Astronomy Laboratory (1) Coreq: ASI 6115.
Laboratory experiments and observatory sessions designed to
accompany ASI 6115.
ASI 6205-Basic Principles of Radio Astronomy (2) Prereq: AST
3019. Coreq: PHY 4322. Introduction to radio astronomy,
including early history, measurement parameters, applicable
radio physics, relevant mathematical techniques; properties of
band-limited gaussian noise, and limitations on radio telescope
sensitivity and resolution.
ASI 6206-Radio Astrophysics (2) Prereq: ASI 6205.
Astrophysical plasmas, radio source emission mechanisms and
spectra, principal types of results obtained in radio astronomy
and their astrophysical implications.
AST 5043-History of Astronomy (2) Prereq: AST 1002 or
2003C-2004C or 3019C. General survey of the history of
astronomy from the earliest times down to the present day.
AST 5113-Solar System Astrophysics I (2) Prereq: two years
of college physics. Survey of the solar system, including its origin
and laws of planetary motion. The earth as a planet: geophysics,
aeronomy, geomagnetism, and the radiation belts. Solar physics
and the influence of the sun on the earth.
AST 5114-Solar System Astrophysics II (2) Prereq: AST 5113.
The moon and planets; exploration by ground-based and
spacecraft techniques. The lesser bodies of the solar system,
including satellites, asteroids, meteoroids, comets; the inter-
planetary medium.
AST 5205-Stellar Spectra (2) Prereq: AST 3019C. Review of
stellar spectroscopy and an introduction to the classification of
stellar spectra at low dispersion.
AST 5210-Introduction to Astrophysics (3) Prereq: AST3019C.
Introduction to astrophysics with particular emphasis upon the
fundamentals of radiative transfer and detailed development of
Planck's expression for the specific intensity of blackbody
radiation. The basic equations of stellar structure are derived,
and particular solutions of these equations are considered along
with their astronomical implications.
AST 5270-Introduction to Binary Stars (4) Prereq: AST3019C.
Introduction to the general study of binary star systems. Suitable
for the nonspecialist who needs some familiarity with the field
and for the student who requires a basic foundation for further,
more specialized study of binary stars. Includes an introduc-
tion to the fundamental data, philosophy of orbital element
analysis, morphology and classification, mass exchange and
other dynamical effects. Concludes with the structure and
evolution of binary stars.
AST 5273-Interacting Binary Stars (2) Prereq: AST 3019C.
Description of the various aspects of interacting binary stars
designed chiefly for students who plan to complete their dis-
sertations in other branches of astronomy. Also suitable for
undergraduate majors in the department.
AST 5600-Computational Astronomy (4) Prereq: MAS 4104.
 Designed to familiarize the student with the statistical tools of
 astronomical data reduction and the empirical establishment