PřF:F7600 Physics of stellar atmospheres - Course Information
F7600 Physics of stellar atmospheres
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2016
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/1. 3 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. RNDr. Jiří Kubát, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Barbora Doležalová (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Mikulášek, CSc.
Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Jiří Kubát, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics – Physics Section – Faculty of Science - Timetable
- Mon 19. 9. to Sun 18. 12. Mon 17:00–17:50 F3,03015, Mon 17:00–18:50 F3,03015, Mon 18:00–18:50 F3,03015, Tue 7:00–8:50 FLenc,03028
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
- Course objectives
- At the end of this course, students should be able to understand the basic physics of stellar atmospheres and the radiative transfer in astrophysics.
- Syllabus
- Introduction. Interaction of radiation with matter. Radiative transfer equation. Formal solution of radiative transfer equation Radiative transfer with scattering. Line absorption and emission. Continuum absorption and emission. Local thermodynamic equilibrium. Statistical equilibrium equations. Grey atmosphere. Classical model atmospheres. Moving atmospheres.
- Literature
- recommended literature
- HUBENY, Ivan; MIHALAS, Dimitri; Theory of stellar atmospheres, Princeton University Press, 2015, ISBN 9780691163291
- MIHALAS, Dimitri. Stellar atmospheres. 2nd ed. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1978, xx, 632. ISBN 0716703599. info
- not specified
- RYBICKI, George B. and Alan P. LIGHTMAN. Radiative processes in astrophysics. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1979, xv, 382. ISBN 0471827592. info
- JEFFERIES, John T.; Spectral line formation, Blaisdel Publ. Comp., 1968
- Teaching methods
- Lecture and exercise
- Assessment methods
- Type of examination and information on teaching lectures and class exercises, oral exam.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2016, recent)
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