Optical Fabrication & Testing

Radiative Transfer: Blackbody, scattering and diffusion, bremsstrahlung, synchrotron emission, Compton scattering. Relativistic electromagnetism. Plasma effects and introduction to magnetohydrodynamics. Observational aspects of white dwarves, neutron stars and black holes. Accretion and astrophysical jets. Active galactic nuclei and gamma-ray bursts. Offered Fall of odd years.

Credits

3 credits

Course Code

PH 673