1.  Aug 20 (PDF)
2.  Aug 22 (PDF) + additional Classical Mech. material  (PDF)
3.  Aug 27 (PDF MHT)  (twin paradox notes: PDF)
4.  Aug 29 (PDF)
5.  Sept. 5 (PDF) +additional notes on Lorentz invariants (PDF)
6.  Sept. 10 (PDF) - E. Fermi's 1949 paper here (PDF)
7.  Sept. 12 (PDF)  - A.R. Bell's 1978 paper here (PDF)
8.  Sept. 17 (PDF)
9.  Sept. 19 (PDF)
10. Sept. 24 (PDF)
11. Sept 26 (PDF)
12. Oct. 1 (PDF)
13. Oct. 3 (PDF)  - Felten 1966 paper on X-ray emission from Coma (PDF)
14. Oct. 8 (PDF)
15. Oct. 10 (PDF)
16. Oct. 15 (PDF)
17. Oct. 17 (PDF) - Birkinshaw et al. 1991 (PDF)
18. Oct. 22 (PDF)
19. Oct. 26 (PDF) - Extra notes on radiation reaction (PDF)
20. Oct. 29 (PDF)
21. Oct. 31 (PDF)
22. Nov. 5 (PDF)
23. Nov. 7 (PDF)
24. Nov. 12 (PDF) Lieu & Axford 1993 paper on synchrotron/IC (PDF)
25. Nov. 14 (PDF) Additional notes on synchrotron radiation (PDF)
26. Nov. 19 (PDF)

1. (Aug. 20) PDF
2. (Aug. 22) PDF
3. (Aug. 27) PDF
4. (Aug. 29) PDF
5. (Sept. 5) PDF

6. (Sept. 12) PDF
7. (Sept. 17) PDF
8. (Sept. 19) PDF
9. (Sept. 24) PDF
10. (Sept. 26)PDF

11. (Oct. 3) PDF
12. (Oct. 8) PDF
13. (Oct. 10) PDF

14. (Oct. 17) PDF
15. (Oct. 22) PDF
16. (Oct. 26) PDF

17. (Oct. 31) PDF

18. (Nov. 7) PDF

19. (Nov. 14) PDF
20. (Nov. 19) PDF (optional)

• Aug 10: Textbook and suggested reading book can be purchased from Amazon.com (Padmanabhan: HERE, Rybicki and Lightman: HERE) or at the UAH bookstore (HERE for pricing info)
• Aug 22: All students: please send me an email at bonamem@uah.edu, so that I have all your e-address to contact you. Also, I will be posting the class notes on this site after each lecture, by scanning my lecture notes (the Department's Xerox machine can actually do that). Those notes may have imprecisions/typos, so always double-check with your textbook.
• Anyone knows how to turn an MHT file into any other sensible format (PDF, HTML) that takes a reasonable amount of space? Any help appreciated. Also, please let me know if this MHT format is readable from your computers.
• Dr. Lieu will be giving a guest lecture on "Diffusive shock acceleration" on Friday, Sept. 14. Lecture time is 11:30-12:30.
• Dr. Lieu will continue his guest lecture on "Diffusive shock acceleration" on Friday, Sept. 21. Lecture time is 11:30-12:30 at the Seminar room.
• Oct. 22: Class on Wednesday, Oct. 24 is cancelled (due to Chandra meeting at Huntsville Marriott)- Class is rescheduled for Friday, Oct. 26 (time TBD)
• Final will be a take-home handed out Nov. 19