Astronomy 404
Lecture 2, Aug. 28
Fall 2019
Lecture Notes:
pdf file
Stellar Astrophysics Toolbox
Lightning Review of Light
electromagnetic radiation
electromagnetic
spectrum
photons: energy, momentum
photon momentum
at work
; source
here
radiation pressure on steroids: monster luminous Wolf-Rayet stars
Sharpless 308
,
WR 124
flux
standard candles
Photons in Thermal Equilibrium: Blackbody Radiation
Wien's law
infrared gallery
multiwavelength galaxy M104
thermal radiation
blackbodies and
Planck / thermal spectrum
; spectrum
simulator
Wien's law; toasty
example
Stefan-Boltzmann law
Lecture Archive
Brian D. Fields