Astr 501 | Lecture 3 | Fall 2022
Astronomy 501
Lecture 3, Aug 26 Fall 2022

Lecture Notes: pdf file

Fundamental Quantities

Radiation Transfer

  • conservation of surface brightness
  • sources and sinks
  • the mighty transfer equation

Scattering

  • cross section
  • mean free path
  • optical depth
Specific intensity across frequencies:  face-on spiral galaxy NGC 1512

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