Radiative Processes in Astrophysics (Fall, 2013)

Textbook
  • Radiative Processes in Astrophysics (George Rybicki & Alan Lightman)
  • The Physics of Astrophysics, Volume 1, Radiation (Frank H. Shu)
Lecture Notes
  • Lecture 1 (Sep. 04) : Fundamentals of Radiative Transfer, Part 1
  • Lecture 2 (Sep. 09) : Fundamentals of Radiative Transfer, Part 2
  • Lecture 3 (Sep. 16) : Basic Theory of Radiation Fields
  • Lecture 4 (Sep. 23) : Radiation from Moving Charges, Part 1
  • Lecture 5 (Sep. 30) : Radiation from Moving Charges, Part 2
  • Lecture 6 (Oct. 07) : Relativistic Covariance and Kinematics, Part 1
  • Lecture 7 (Oct. 21) : Relativistic Covariance and Kinematics, Part 2
  • Lecture 8 (Nov. 04) : Bremsstrahlung / Synchrotron Radiation, Part 1
  • Lecture 9 (Nov. 13) : Synchrotron Radiation, Part 2
  • Lecture 10 (Nov. 19) : Compton Scattering
  • Lecture 11 (Nov. 25) : Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect / Plasma Effects
  • Lecture 12 (Dec. 09) : Spectroscopy, Part 1
  • Lecture 13 (Dec. 16) : Spectroscopy, Part 2 / Home Works