Astronomy 871
Physics of the Interstellar Medium
Autumn Quarter 2008
The links below will lead to electronic versions of class handouts,
lecture notes, the problem sets and associated data files. Most
documents are in Adobe PDF format and will require the Acrobat reader to
view.
Syllabus
- Syllabus [67k pdf]
Lecture Notes
Detailed lecture notes are provided in lieu of a particular textbook for
this course. The are provided below in PDF format, by course "unit".
Notes will be released sequentially as they are prepared/updated for
this quarter.
- Tentative Schedule of Lecture Topics
Please read the Notes on the
Notes before downloading any of them, just so you know what their
provenance is.
- Introduction & General ISM [1.5M pdf]
- Neutral Hydrogen (HI) Regions [370k pdf]
- Ionized Hydrogen (HII) Regions [604k pdf]
- Interstellar Dust [647k pdf]
- Interstellar Molecules [514k pdf]
- The Hot ISM [176k pdf]
Problem Sets
coming soon...
Updated: 2008 Sept 29 [rwp]
