AY230 Low Density Astrophysics
Instructor: Jason X. Prochaska
Spring Quarter, 2005
Email: xavier@ucolick.org
Office: ISB 333
Phone: 459-2135
Texts:
(None required, *=Recommended)
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Osterbrock, "AGNN"
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Spitzer, "Physical Processes in the ISM"
Shu, "Radiation"
Rybicky & Lightman, "Radiative Processes"
AY204b Notes
Lecture Notes:
Intro
Radiative Processes
HII Regions
HII Temperature
HII Diagnostics
ISM Neutral Gas
ISM Dust, etc.
2Phase
IGM: DLA
Your Obligations:
Problem Sets: 3-4 assignments
Final project: Oral presentation and 5-10 page report
Problem Sets:
Homework #1:
HMWK_HII1
Homework #2:
HMWK_HII2
Homework #3:
HMWK_HII3
QSO data
(gz compressed)
Solution #1:
HMWK_SOLN1
Solution #2:
HMWK_SOLN2
Solution #3:
HMWK_SOLN3
modified 05/16/05