Astr 501 | Lecture 7 | Spring 2013
Albert Einstein
Astronomy 501
Lecture 7, Jan 30 Spring 2013
Lecture Notes: pdf file

Atoms in Radiative Equilibrium

  • spontaneous and stimulated emission
  • Einstein relations
  • astrophysical masers

Scattering

  • coherent isotropic scattering
  • random walks
 megamaser in NGC 4258

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