file: SSF-Weihai-2018.txt = RT course Weihai October 2018
init: Sep 19 2018  Rob Rutten  Deil
last: Oct 21 2018  Rob Rutten  Weihai
note: evolved from plan to log


          Lecture Course "Solar Spectrum Formation"
               Shandong University, Weihai
               
content
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  goal: make you optically thick 
  photosphere, chromosphere, corona  
  thin > LTE > NLTE > PRD > non-E
  examples from solar physics

hours
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  mornings   09:00-12:00  theory
  afternoons 14:30-15:15  examples
             15:30-17:00  practicals

schedule
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#1 Monday October 15 = introduction to stellar spectra
  theory
    SSF start
    SSI intro 
  practical
    SSA1, SSA2; RR summary painting 
  
#2 Tuesday October 16 = basic radiative transfer
  theory SSF
    basics
      first break: exam intensity conservation
      second break: exam NaID blend formation
  examples SSX
    cloud modeling
    corona
    chromosphere 
  practical 
    rest SSA2, SSA3

#3 Wednesday October 17 = NLTE formalisms, NLTE continua
  theory SSX
    flux
    Lambda operator
    LTE 1D static 
    NLTE descriptions
  examples SSX
    ALMA Rydberg lines
    ultraviolet line flip
    Avrett solar spectrum cartoon
    VALIIIC continua
  practical
    SSA3, start SSB?

#4 Thursday October 18 = NLTE lines
  review painting, NLTE line formation
  theory SSF
    scattering lines
    PRD 
  examples SSX
    ALC7 line formation
  practical
    SSB

#5 Friday October 19 = NLTE lines, non-E hydrogen, overview
  theory SSF
    MgI 4571 versus MgII k: alpha NLTE versus S NLTE
    hydrogen in ALC7
    non-E hydrogen ionization/recombination
    course summary, exam, moral
  examples SSX
    CaII K2v grains => Radyn shocks => Carlsson 4-panels
    standard models versus MHD Bifrost simulation
  practical
    SSB, start SSC?
    finish chocolates
    
------------- what I did NOT do

not in my teaching materials
  polarization, polarized radiation transfer, polarimetry

non-treated SSF items
  lasering
  radiative equilibrium, radiative cooling/heating
  Lambda iteration and acceleration

non-treated SSX items
  Kurucz stars
  photospheric line examples
  VAL3C radiative energy budget
  pumping, suction
  Oslo simulations: Bifrost
  LA-conjectured: only start non-E H treated
  IRIS diagnostics: none
  
participants (Western (Chinese-reverse) first-family name order)
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  Zhenghua Huang
  Mijie Shi
  Ning Tang
  Jingan Zhao
  Kai Xiao
  Youqian Qi
  Bing Wang
  Zilong Zhang
  -------------- partial
  Bo Li
  Mehdi Yousefzadeh
  Sofya Alexeeva