Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
1
Title (text only)
Astrophysical Radiation
Term
2024C
Subject area
PHYS
Section number only
001
Section ID
PHYS5526001
Course number integer
5526
Meeting times
TR 1:45 PM-3:14 PM
Level
graduate
Instructors
James Aguirre
Description
This is a course on the theory of the interaction of light and matter designed primarily for graduate and advanced undergraduate students to build the basic tools required to do research in astrophysics. Topics to be discussed include structure of single- and multi-electron atoms, radiative and collisional processes, spectral line formation, opacity, radiation transfer, analytical and numerical methods, and a selection of applications in astrophysics based on student research interest.
Course number only
5526
Use local description
No