Homework 14, due Oct 12

1) The partition function of H, given in lecture.

T           U
10          2
100         2
1000        2
10000       2.095
100000      139606
1000000     577892
10000000    666102

Plot submitted as pdf.

    

2) The emissivity of Lyman alpha given in the lecture

T           Density (first excited) Emissivity (erg s⁻¹ cm⁻³)
10          0                       0
100         0                       0
1000        1.9e-40                 1.3e-42
10000       2199661                 22548
100000      1402819                 14380
1000000     983798                  10084
10000000    949502                  9733