18 lectures MT (8 for Radiative Processes part, 10 for High Energy Astrophysics part)
Weight: 1 Units
Areas: Astro
Linked to the C1 Astrophysics major option for undergraduate Physics.
Link to submit your homework:
https://cloud.maths.ox.ac.uk/index.php/s/tQ7j2iszCqNn8Ls
Your marker is Sean Barrett.
Your homework deadlines are:
Friday 23rd October (week 2) 1pm.
Friday 13th November (week 5) 1pm.
Friday 27th November (week 7) 1pm.
Adam Ingram
Take-home-exam examination in TT or no formal assessment; homework completion
Radiative processes in astrophysics – radiative transfer theory; formation and analysis of emission and absorption lines; ionisation balance; cosmic dust and extinction. Application to planetary nebulae, stars, the interstellar and the intergalactic medium.
High-energy astrophysics – accretion onto compact objects; the Eddington limit; black holes, active galaxies, compact binaries and relativistic jets. Physics of interactions between high-energy particles and radiation (synchrotron, inverse-Compton, thermal bremsstrahlung); acceleration of particles to ultra-high energies.