Astr 501 | Lecture 3 | Spring 2013
Astronomy 501
Lecture 3, Jan 18 Spring 2013

Lecture Notes: pdf file

From last time: Laboratory samples of extraterrestrial matter


Fundamental Quantities

  • intensity, flux
  • inverse square law, care and feeding
  • energy density, pressure
  • integrated quantities
  • broadband filters: transmission curves for the home team

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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Brian D. Fields
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