Astronomy (ASTR) Courses>Introduction to Astrophysical Processes

ASTR403 - Introduction to Astrophysical Processes

Description

Topics may include: fundamentals of radiative transfer; radiation processes (e.g., bremsstrahlung, synchrotron radiation, Compton scattering), atomic and molecular spectra; the basics of plasma physics, gas dynamics (e.g., shocks, accretion flows and winds), collisional processes (ionization, excitation); photo-ionization; line transfer effects (e.g., fluorescence, charge exchange).

Units

1.5

Hours: lecture-lab-tutorial

3-0-0

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Complete all of:
      • ASTR250 - Introduction to Astrophysics (1.5)
      • PHYS323 - Quantum Mechanics I (1.5)
      • PHYS326 - Electricity and Magnetism (1.5)
    • Complete 1 of:

Pre- or corequisites

  • Completed or concurrently enrolled in 1 of:
    • PHYS301 - Introductory Mathematical Physics (1.5)
    • MATH342 - Intermediate Ordinary Differential Equations (1.5)
    • MATH346 - Introduction to Partial Differential Equations (1.5)

Recommendations

  • ASTR 303 strongly recommended prior to ASTR 403.

Course offered by

Department of Physics and Astronomy

Course schedules

Summer timetable available: February 15. Fall and Spring timetables available: May 15.

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