Astr 501 | Lecture 29 | Fall 2022
Edward Purcell
Astronomy 501
Lecture 29, Oct 31 Fall 2022 Hendrik van de Hulst

Lecture Notes: pdf file

The Lyman Limit

  • physics, data
  • awesome example: QSO absober Lyman limit systems

"Metal" Lines

Hydrogen Spectroscopy Redux: the Balmer Jump

The 21 cm Line

the sky in atomic hydrogen

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