AY230 Low Density Astrophysics

Instructor: Jason X. Prochaska
Spring Quarter, 2005

• Email: xavier@ucolick.org
• Office: ISB 333
• Phone: 459-2135

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Texts:

(None required, *=Recommended)

• *Osterbrock, "AGNN"
• *Spitzer, "Physical Processes in the ISM"
• Shu, "Radiation"
• Rybicky & Lightman, "Radiative Processes"
• AY204b Notes

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Lecture Notes:

• Intro
• Radiative Processes
• HII Regions
• HII Temperature
• HII Diagnostics
• ISM Neutral Gas
• ISM Dust, etc.
• 2Phase
• IGM: DLA

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Your Obligations:

• Problem Sets: 3-4 assignments
• Final project: Oral presentation and 5-10 page report

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Problem Sets:

1. Homework #1: HMWK_HII1
2. Homework #2: HMWK_HII2
3. Homework #3: HMWK_HII3
   • QSO data (gz compressed)

1. Solution #1: HMWK_SOLN1
2. Solution #2: HMWK_SOLN2
3. Solution #3: HMWK_SOLN3