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    ASTR403

    Introduction to Astrophysical Processes

    Topics may include: fundamentals of radiative transfer; radiation processes (e.g., bremsstrahlung, synchrotron radiation, Compton scattering), atomic and molecular spectra; the basics of plasma physics, gas dynamics (e.g., shocks, accretion flows and winds), collisional processes (ionization, excitation); photo-ionization; line transfer effects (e.g., fluorescence, charge exchange).

    Lecture: 3h
    Lab: 0h
    Tutorial: 0h
    Credits: 1.5