Astronomy 300b 

Radiative Processes in Astrophysics 

Instructor: Prof. Jill Bechtold

Office: Room 328
Office hours: 
after class, or make an appointment
Email: jill@as.arizona.edu
Chandra X-ray Observatory image and HST image of the center of Abell 1689
from http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/a1689/

                      
 
 Description 
Astro 300B is a continuation of Astronomy 300A, an introduction to astronomy and astrophysics for junior astronomy and physics majors.  After a review of radiative transfer, special relativity, and classical electrodynamics, we will discuss radiative processes important in astronomy: synchrotron, inverse Compton and Bremsstrahlung emission, and if time allows, atomic and molecular line formation. Illustrative examples and observations will be presented, primarily from the study of active galaxies, cosmology, and the interstellar and intergalactic medium.


LATEST UPDATE: 

Picture from NASA;  Astronauts John Grunsfeld, anchored on the robotic arm from the space shuttle
Columbia, and Richard M. Linnehan working on the Hubble Space Telescope during the servicing mission
in 2002.

Click HERE to find Rainbows.pdf, and Forecasters Handbook for the Artic.

Click HERE to go to the NY Times article on astronaut John Grunsfeld and the upcoming servicing mission to HST.

Click HERE to get pdf file containing extra pages of lecture notes that weren't in the Xeroxed packets.

Click HERE to access password protected files.
Last update: May 4, 2009
 



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