ASTR 460 High Energy Astrophysics

(3-0-3) Introduction to physical processes associated with high energy astrophysics, including fundamentals of radiative transfer, basic theory of radiation fields, radiation from moving charges, bremsstrahlung, synchrotron radiation, Compton scattering, structure of both atoms and molecules as well as radiative transitions.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

PHYS 232 and MATH 276