Radiative Processes
Astro 305
MF 4:30-5:50 AAC 107
(yes I apologize for the time!)
The textbook for this course is Rybicki and Lightman: Radiative
Processes in Astrophysics J. Wiley 1979. Please purchase this book from Amazon or your local bookstore.
Grades will be based on problem sets (50%), in class open notes midterm (20%)
and in class open notes final (30%).
Problem Sets
Problem sets will be a mix of RL (solutions in the back) and 1 or 2
supplementary problems per week.
Problem Set 1 (due Oct 6)
Problem Set 2 (due Oct 13)
Problem Set 3 (due Oct 20)
Midterm (open notes; closed book; bring calculator Oct 27)
Problem Set 4 (due Nov 3)
Problem Set 5 (due Nov 10 in LASR mbox; no class)
Problem Set 6 (due Nov 17)
Problem Set 7 (due Nov 27)
Problem Set 8 (due Dec 1)
Supplemental Notes
We will be taking the RL chapters slightly out of order and in
the sequence of the following class notes --
not intended for public consumption:
Radiative Transfer
Statistical Mechanics
Thermal Physics
Thermodynamic Equilibrium
Classical E&M and Plasma Effects
Relativity [for review, likely omitted in lectures]
[Midterm]
Classical and Semiclassical Oscillator
Compton Scattering
Bremsstrahlung
Synchrotron
[Final]