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WELCOME! to the home page for ASTR 5120: Radiative and Dynamical Processes.
The aim of this course is to provide a broad introduction to physical processes
that are frequently encountered in astrophysics and planetary sciences: macroscopic
radiative transport, magnetohydrodynamics, and gravitational dynamics. A
detailed list of topics and a syllabus
are also available. I encourage everyone to come and discuss any aspect of the class
with me at any time - there are no formal office hours but I'm available whenever
I'm in the office (JILA A909, 2-7836).
WEDNESDAY MORNING DISCUSSIONS The fourth hour of the class on Wednesday mornings will be devoted to a mixture of problem solving exercises and discussions of papers. If there are additional topics that you would like covered that don't fit into the main thread of the lectures let me know and we could have an informal lecture in this slot too (as long as I know enough about the topic in question of course!). Just let me know... PROBLEM SETS
Problem set #1 NOTES AND TEXTBOOKS No one textbook covers all the aspects of this class. In preparing the lectures I'll be making use of a number of books, including:
Radiative Processes in
Astrophysics: an (absurdly expensive) classic Web resources that you might find useful include:
Introduction to Plasma Physics: a
graduate course by Richard Fitzpatrick with coverage of MHD |
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