Gustav Robert Kirchhoff
Astronomy 210
Lecture 10, Feb 7 Spring 2018 James Clerk Maxwell

Lecture Notes: pdf file

Changing Gears: The Big Picture



Light and Matter

Light: Electromagnetic Radiation

  • Wave properties
  • Particle properties
  • electromagnetic spectrum illustrated here and here

Spectroscopy & Kirchhoff's Rules

visible electromagnetic radiation

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Brian D. Fields
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