Aim: To describe the observations and physics of the interstellar medium.
Target audience: Second-Year Astrophysics & PAst students.
Course document: Postscript | PDF
Syllabus: Postscript | PDF
Timetable:
All teaching takes place in Pev 2A11 on Mondays 10:00, Tuesdays 11:00
and Thursdays 16:00
| Date | Topic | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 19 | April | Introduction + pictorial survey | Schematic; Catalogue of phases |
| Tuesday | 20 | April | Bohr model + examples | PDF; PS |
| Thursday | 22 | April | Radiative transfer + examples | PDF; PS |
| Monday | 26 | April | Blackbody radiation + examples | PDF; PS |
| Tuesday | 27 | April | Interstellar absorption + 21cm | PDF; PS |
| Thursday | 29 | April | Workshop 1 | |
| Monday | 3 | May | (May Day holiday) | |
| Tuesday | 4 | May | Dust + interstellar extinction | PDF; PS |
| Thursday | 6 | May | Examples Class | |
| Monday | 10 | May | HII regions | PDF; PS |
| Tuesday | 11 | May | Supernova remnants | PDF; PS |
| Thursday | 13 | May | Workshop 2 | |
| Monday | 17 | May | Dynamics of HII regions & SNR | See above notes on HII regions and SNR |
| Tuesday | 18 | May | Magnetic fields | PDF; PS |
| Thursday | 20 | May | Workshop 3 | |
| Monday | 24 | May | Cosmic rays | PDF; PS |
| Tuesday | 25 | May | Physics of the ism | PDF; PS; Mass cycle |
| Thursday | 27 | May | The intergalactic medium | PDF; PS |
Exercise sheets:
Page last revised 26-May-04
