View source for PHY4936/AST5245: Radiative Processes and Transport in Astrophysics

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==Class Information==

* '''Lectures:''' M F 1:15-2:25pm; HCB 314

* '''Professor:''' Peter Hoeflich, 614 Keen Building 644-5567, pah@astro.physics.fsu.edu

* '''Office hours:''' Tuesday 1-3pm. You are also welcome to contact me whenever you have questions.

* '''Main Webpage:''' see Blackboard


==Description==

Photons are the carrier of information in astronomy and, in many
cases, dominate the structure and evolution of celestrial objects.
Understanding radiative transport, radiation hydrodynamics and the
coupling of photons and matter are the building blocks which can be
described by a system of highly non-linear integro-differential
equations. Their solution requires simplifications and advanced
numerical schemes. In this course we will learn the fundamentals and
to choose the appropriate methods and approximations. Particular
emphasis will be on the applications ranging from stars, stellar
atmospheres, exploding stars, nebula and star forming region, the
interstellar and intergalactic medium to the re-ionzation phase which
ends the 'Dark Ages'.

== Text books == 

Rybicki & Lightman (RT): Radiative Processes in Astrophysics, Wiley & Sons (1978)S. Chandrasekhar, Radiative Transfer, 1960, Dover Press

S. Gray: Stellar Photospheres, 2005, Cambridge University Press

D. Mihalas: Stellar Atmospheres, 1978, Freeman Press

D. Osterbrock & G. Ferland: Astrophysics in Gaseous Nebulae &AGNs, 2005, University Science Books, California (remake of the 'classical' Osterbrock)  

Mihalas D & Mihalas B: Foundations of Radiation Hydrodynamics, 1999, Dover Press 

Castor, J. Radiation Hydrodynamics, 2008, Cambridge University Press  

== [[Prerequisite: Lecture Notes of Intro to Astrophysics]] ==

== [[Preliminary Schedule]] ==

== Lecture Notes & Homework Assignments -> see Blackboard ==

== Reading Assignments ==

1/21/12: RL, Chapter 1.1 - 1.5

1/28/12: RL, 1.6, Chapter 2 

2/6/12:  RL, Chapters 3 & 5

2/10/12: RL, Chapters 6 & 7

2/17/12: RL, 9 

2/24/12: RL 10



== Notes to the Reading Assignments ==

* [[Pradiip Alvarez]],[[Robert Bebeau]],[[Rudger Dungan]], [[Tiara Diamond]],[[Paul Dragolin]],[[Joseph Goldberg]],[[Paul Hellinger]],

* [[Tim Handy]], [[Joe Mitchell]],[[Sabrina Siddique]],[[Sandon Simmons]],[[Yuki Takeuchi]],[[Matthew Trimble]],[[Andrew Wray]]

== [[Suggestions for Lecture]] ==