AST 383C

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Course Outline

• Why? What?
  
  
• Fundamentals of radiative transfer
  
  
• Thermodynamic equilibrium, local thermodynamic equilibrium, and the principle of detailed balance
  
  
• Photon-particle interactions: processes and concepts
  
  
• Classical model atmospheres
  
  
• Line formation, analysis, and applications
  
  
• Non-local thermodynamic equilibrium
  
  
• Beyond classical model atmospheres
  
  
• Special topics including extended atmospheres
  
  

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