Physics 239: Radiative Processes in Astrophysics
Welcome to the website for Physics 239. Here you can find links
to the syllabus, assignments, lecture notes, and other useful
material.
Announcements:
- 9/17/16: The schedule for this class has been changed to
avoid conflicts with other physics grad classes. We will meet on
MW 12:30-1:50 in SERF 329. The first lecture will be Monday, Sept
26th.
Lecture Slides/Notes:
- Lecture 1 Slides - Overview of class and
describing radiation fields
- Lecture 2 - Equation of radiative transfer
- Lecture 3 Slides -
Scientific computing practices, Einstein coefficients, scattering
- Lecture 4 - Scattering, solving the radiative transfer
equation
- Lecture 5 - Classical EM description of light
- Lecture 6 - Radiation from accelerating charges
- Lecture 7 Slides -
final presentation info, Thompson scattering, Rayleigh scattering
Useful Links:
Acknowledgements: In putting together the lecture slides and notes I
looked at many sources. Thanks in particular to UC Berkeley Astro for
maintaining the AstroBaki
site.