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Interpreting Astronomical Spectra I
- Lecturers
- Prof. Dr. Ulrich Heber, Prof. Dr. Manami Sasaki
- Details
- Vorlesung mit Übung
4 cred.h, ECTS studies, ECTS credits: 10
nur Fachstudium, Sprache Englisch, 2 SWS Vorlesung plus 2 SWS Übung, 10 ECTS für Teil I & II
Time and place: Wed 14:15 - 16:00, HF; comments on time and place: Übung an der Remeis Sternwarte am Ende des Semesters n.V.
- Prerequisites / Organisational information
- Vorlesung "Einführung in die Astronomie, Teil I und II"
- Contents
- Part I (winter term):
Qualitative interpretation of spectra of optical thin plasma (gaseous nebulae)
Photoionisation, Stroemgren spheres
Microscopic processes and statistical equilibrium
Thermal equilibrium
Recombination theory
Optical thick plasma (Stellar atmospheres)
Radiation transport
Model atmospheres
Spectral line broadening
Diagnostics of optical thin and thick plasmas
Properties of central stars of gaseous nebulae
- Recommended literature
- D. Emerson: Interpreting astronomical spectra, Wiley
D. Osterbrock: Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae and active Galactic Nuclei, University Science books
D.F. Gray: The Observation and Analysis of Stellar Photospheres, Cambridge University Press
- ECTS information:
- Credits: 10
- Additional information
- Verwendung in folgenden UnivIS-Modulen
- Startsemester WS 2018/2019:
- Interpreting astronomical spectra (PW-Spectra)
- Department: Dr. Karl Remeis-Observatory Bamberg
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