天体物理学phy - 4350

严格应用物理学来理解恒星和恒星演化, 天体物理辐射源, 紧凑的对象, 引力透镜. Topics include: gravitational dynamics; star formation, stellar structure and evolution; several radiative processes and phenomena such as blackbody, 轫致辐射, 同步加速器, 康普顿, 逆康普顿, 自康普顿, 分散, and Faraday rotation; special relativistic effects in astronomy such as Doppler shifts, 像差, and astrophysical jets; quantum effects in astronomy such as degenerate gases, 超精细跃迁, and Zeeman absorption; gravitational lensing. 只有PHYS 3350或4350中的一门可以计入学分. (每两年提供一次.) Prerequisites: PHYS 1310 or 1312; PHYS 1305; PHYS 3321, PHYS 3323.