Wolfgang Pauli
Astronomy 404
Lecture 23, Oct. 21 Fall 2019 Werner Heisenberg

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Last Week: Road Game for BDF


Quantum Mechanics of Matter and Light in Thermal Equilibrium

  • wave-particle duality
  • thermal photons: density and pressure
  • radiation pressure in stars
  • thermal de Broglie wavelength and the quantum concentration

Quantum Effects in Stellar Matter

  • Pauli exclusion principle
  • Heisenberg uncertainty principle
  • Fermi energy and degeneracy
 NGC 7635: The Bubble Nebula

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Brian D. Fields