Class Id: 8028
Days: TTh
Start Time: 01:30 PM
End Time: 02:50 PM
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Course Id: 3562
Departments and Numbers: AST 517
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Title: Diffuse Matter in Space
Description: Subject of course is the astrophysics of the interstellar medium: theory and observations of the gas, dust, plasma, energetic particles, magnetic field, and electromagnetic radiation in interstellar space. Emphasis will be on theory, including elements of: fluid dynamics; excitation of atoms, molecules and ions; radiative processes; radiative transfer; simple interstellar chemistry; and physical properties of dust grains.The theory will be applied to phenomena including; interstellar clouds (both diffuse atomic clouds and dense molecular clouds); HII regions; shock waves; supernova remnants; cosmic rays; interstellar dust; and star formation.
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Professors: Bruce T. Draine
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