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The first principle is that you must not fool yourself. - Richard Feyman
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< Modern Astronomy (Spring, 2025) >
Date & Time
Monday, 2:00PM - 5:00PM / LWC 220
References
Introduction to the Interstellar Medium (Jonathan P. Williams)
Fundamentals of Astrophysics (Stan Owocki)
Lecture Notes (Part 1)
• Lecture 01 (03/05, 9AM) : Introduction / Interstellar Medium [updated on 03/08, 22:48]
• Lecture 02 (03/10, 2PM) : Atomic Gas / Multiphase Medium[updated on 03/08, 15:02]
• Lecture 03 (03/17, 2PM) : Molecular Clouds and Dust [updated on 03/04, 13:19]
• Lecture 04 (03/24, 2PM) : Formation of Stars and Planets [updated on 03/04, 13:19]
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< Interstellar Medium & Star Formation (Spring, 2025) >
Date & Time
Monday, 9AM - 12PM (2PM - 5PM) / LWC 220
References
Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium (Barbara Ryden & Richard Pogge)
Physics of the Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium (Bruce T. Draine)
Lecture Notes
• Lecture 01 (03/05, 3PM) : Introduction [updated on 03/08, 23:18]
• Lecture 02 (03/10, 9AM) : Radiative Transfer [updated on 03/08, 23:21]
• Lecture 03 (03/17, 9AM) : Atomic Structure & Spectroscopy [updated on 03/05, 21:34]
• Lecture 04 (03/24, 9AM) : Cold Neutral Medium 1 [updated on 03/05, 21:38]
• Lecture 05 (03/31, 2PM) : Cold Neutral Medium 2 [updated, 03/05, 21:38]
• Lecture 06 (04/07, 2PM) : Warm Neutral Medium [updated, 03/03]
• Lecture 07 (04/14, 2PM) : H II regions / Warm Ionized Medium 1 [updated, 03/03]
• Lecture 08 (04/21, 2PM) : Warm Ionized Medium 2 [updated, 03/03]
• Lecture 09 (04/28, 2PM) : Hot Ionized Medium 1 [updated, 03/03]
• Lecture 10 (05/05, 2PM) : Hot Ionized Medium 2 / Gas Dynamics [updated, 03/03]
• Lecture 11 (05/12, 2PM) : Interstellar Dust 1 [update, 03/03]
• Lecture 12 (05/19, 2PM) : Interstellar Dust 2 / Molecular Clouds 1 [update, 03/03]
• Lecture 13 (05/26, 2PM) : Molecular Clouds 2 [update, 03/03]
• Lecture 14 (06/02, 2PM) : Circumgalactic & Intracluster Gas [update, 03/03]
• Lecture 15 (06/09, 2PM) : Integalactic Medium [update, 03/03]
• Lecture 16 (06/16, 2PM) : Star Formation [update, 03/03]
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< (AGN)^2 (Spring, 2024) >
Date & Time
Monday, 1:30PM - 4:30PM / LWC 220
References
Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae and Active Galactic Nuclei (Osterbrock & Ferland)
Errata: https://uscibooks.aip.org/wp-content/uploads/oster_err.pdf
Lecture Notes
• Lecture 01 (03/04) : 1. General Introduction
• Lecture 02 (03/18) : 2. Photoionization Equilibrium [updated on 03/22]
• Lecture 03 (03/18) : 2. Photoionization Equilibrium [updated on 03/22]
• Lecture 04 (03/25) : 3. Thermal Equilibrium [updated, 03/25, 19:50]
• Lecture 05 (04/08) : 4. Calculation of Emitted Spectrum [updated, 04/10, 14:54]
• Lecture 06 (04/08) : 4. Calculation of Emitted Spectrum [updated, 04/10, 14:54]
• Lecture 07 (04/15) : 5. Comparison of Theory with Observations(+homework) [updated, 04/17, 22:42]
• Lecture 08 (04/22) : 6. Internal Dynamics of Gaseous Nebulae [updated, 04/26, 17:07]
• Lecture 09 (04/29) : 7. Interstellar Dust [updated, 05/10, 13:14]
• Lecture 10 (05/08) : 7. Interstellar Dust [updated, 05/10, 13:17]
• Lecture 11 (05/13) : 8. Infrared Radiation and Molecules [update, 05/13, 16:49]
• Lecture 12 (05/20) : 9. H II Regions in the Galactic Context(+homework) [update, 06/04, 09:23]
• Lecture 13 (05/27) : 11. Heavy Elements and High-Energy Effects [update, 05/27, 19:34]
• Lecture 14 (06/03) : 13. Active Galactic Nuclei - Diagnostics and Physics [update, 06/06, 15:12]
• Lecture 15 (06/10) : 13. Active Galactic Nuclei - Diagnostics and Physics [update, 06/11, 09:45]
• Lecture 16 (06/17) : 14. Active Galactic Nuclei - Results [update, 06/17, 09:25]
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< Astrophysics (Fall, 2023) >
Date & Time
Monday, 9:00AM - 12:00PM / LWC 310
References
Radiative Processes (G. B. Rybicki & A. P. Lightman)
천체물리학 (개정판; 구본철 & 김웅태)
Astrophysics Processes (H. Bradt)
Lecture Notes
• Lecture 01 (09/04) : Fundamentals of Radiative Transfer 1 [updated on 09/10, 11:22]
• Lecture 02 (09/11) : Fundamentals of Radiative Transfer 2 [updated on 09/25, 13:15]
• Lecture 03 (09/18) : Basic Theory of Radiation Fields [updated on 09/24, 08:05]
• Lecture 04 (09/25) : Radiation from Moving Charges 1 [updated on 10/06,10:39]
• Lecture 05 (10/06) : Radiation from Moving Charges 2 [updated on 10/10,16:37]
• Lecture 06 (10/12) : Relativistic Covariance and Kinematics 1 [updated on 10/11,21:40]
• Lecture 07 (10/16) : Relativistic Covariance and Kinematics 2 [updated on 10/23,13:13]
• Lecture 08 (10/23) : Bremsstrahlung [updated on 10/23,13:14]
• Lecture 09 (10/27) : synchrotron Radiation [updated on 10/27,13:41]
• Lecture 10 (11/06) : Compton Scattering 1 [updated on 11/07,16:27]
• Lecture 11 (11/13) : Compton Scattering 2 / Plasma Effects [updated on 11/23,22:19]
• Lecture 12 (11/20) : Plasma Effects / Atomic Structures [updated on 11/20,14:40]
• Lecture 13 (11/27) : Atomic Processes [updated on 11/27,14:14]
• Lecture 14 (12/04) : Radiative Transitions [updated on 12/04,14:10]
• Lecture 15 (12/11) : Molecular Structure / Dust 1 [updated on 12/11,08:40]
• Lecture 16 (12/18) : Dust 2 / Nuclear Burning [updated on 12/18,17:06]
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