ASTRO 6530 - [Astrophysical Processes]

Spring. 4 credits.

Next offered 2012–2013.

D. Lai, T. Herter, and G. Stacey.

Fundamentals of radiative transfer, bremsstrahlung, synchrotron radiation, Compton scattering, spectral line transfer, gas heating and cooling, and topics in atomic and molecular spectroscopy are discussed within the framework of astrophysical sources and problems.