ASTR 405
Spring 2007 All Classes
Credit: 3 hours.
Physical processes in the solar system; dynamics of the solar system; physics of planetary atmospheres; individual planets; comets, asteroids, and other constituents of the solar system; extra-solar planets; formation of the solar system, stars, and planets; components of the interstellar medium; ionization and recombination; heating and cooling processes; comparison of theory with observations; composition and characteristics of interstellar dust; dynamics of the interstellar medium; interactions of stars with the interstellar medium: H II regions, planetary nebulae, and supernova remnants.
Graduate students in astronomy will not receive credit in ASTR 405. Prerequisite: PHYS 213 or PHYS 214.
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39316
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Lecture
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1
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1:00PM
-1:50PM
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MWF
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134 Astronomy Building
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Webbink, R
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