Astr 501 | Lecture 3 | Fall 2018
Astronomy 501
Lecture 3, Aug 31 Fall 2018

Lecture Notes: pdf file

Fundamental Quantities

Radiation Transfer

  • conservation of surface brightness
  • sources and sinks
  • transfer equation

Scattering

  • cross section
  • mean free path
  • optical depth
the Sun now, in He II emission at 304 nm

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