Astronomy 871

Physics of the Interstellar Medium
Spring Quarter 2011

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 [24k 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.

Foreword [12k pdf]

Introduction & General ISM [1.4M pdf]

Neutral Hydrogen (HI) Regions [388k pdf]

Ionized Hydrogen (HII) Regions [439k pdf]

Interstellar Dust [523k pdf]

Interstellar Molecules [472k pdf]

The Hot ISM [141k pdf]