Physics 428        Introduction  to  ASTROPHYSICS        Course Outline

VII.  Figures, Tables and Images

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Subject

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1 Luminosity Criteria

 A Comparison of some Quantities in G2 Giants and Dwarfs

2 Calculation of Pe

 Relation between Pgas and Pe for a Solar-like (Population I) Abundance

 Gas Pressure Versus Electron Pressure for Subdwarfs (Population II)

2½ Molecular Considerations

 The Basic Equations of Astrophysics

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 Dissociation Equation Versus the Saha Equation

4

 Solving for Partial Pressures

4.3  Molecules in Dwarfs and Giants
4.6  Molecules in Normal and Carbon Giants
5

 Molecular Abundances in late Spectral Type Stars

6 Continuous Spectra

 The Planck Function

7  Various Expressions for the Planck Function
8  Blackbody Radiation (Planck's Law)
9  Planck's Law Plotted
10  Wien's Law
11  Sources of Continuous Opacity
12 Kirchoff's Law

 Kirchoff's Law (stated quantitatively)

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 Kirchoff's Law (stated qualitatively)

14  Solar Prominences
15  Solar Filaments and Prominences
16 H-Spectrum

 The Hydrogen Energy-Level Diagram and Spectrum

17

 Selected Spectral Series of Hydrogen

18

 Hydrogen Grotrian Diagram

19 Atomic Spectra

 Electronic Configurations

20

 Term Types versus Number of "Outer" Electrons

21

 Selection Rules for Electric Dipole Radiation

22 Grotrian Diagrams

 Na Grotrian Diagram

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 He II Grotrian Diagram

 He I Grotrian Diagram

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 Ca I Grotrian Diagram 

25 Elemental Spectroscopic Data

 Basic Atomic Spectroscopic Data

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27 Zeeman Effect

 Various Magnetic Quantities

28

 Normal Zeeman Effect

29

 Anomalous Zeeman Effect (Na I D2)

30

 Anomalous Zeeman Effect (Na I D1)

30a Synchrotron Radiation

 Selected Synchrotron Radiation Relationships

31 Radiative Quantities

 Radiative Quantities

32

 The Equation of Radiative Transfer

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 The Interstellar Equation of Transfer

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 Solar Limb Darkening 

Comparison of Observational Data and the Eddington Model
35 Solar Image Video
36

 The Einstein Coefficients

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 The Mean, Mean Intensity

38 Line Broadening

 Line Broadening, a List of Mechanisms

39

 The Characterization of Absorption Line Profiles

39a

 Residual Intensity as a Function of Optical Depth

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 The Radiation Damping Absorption Coefficient Profile, Thompson and Rayleigh Scattering

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 The Radiation Damping Absorption Coefficient Profile, Q Mechanically Correct Version

40b

  f-values for Certain H Lines

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 Doppler Broadening

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 The Convolution Theorem

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 "The Joy of Convolution" On-Line Convolver

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 Doppler and Damping Profiles

45

 The Voigt, Doppler and Damping Profiles

45a

 The Value uint(a) at which the Core and Wing Approximations to α(u)/α0 Intersect

45b

 Precise Versus Approximate Voigt Profile

46

 Stark Coefficients for the Balmer Series Lines

47

 Stark-Broadened Balmer Lines (correction to absorption coefficients for electron impacts)

48 Stellar Spectra  White Dwarf Optical Spectra
49  Solar Spectrum - color - visible region - high dispersion echelle spectrogram (expandable)
50  Higher Resolution Solar Spectrum (λλ4000-7000Å, 60Å per strip)
51  Solar Spectrum Tracing - λλ4200-4600Å - high dispersion (expandable)
52  Solar Spectrum Tracing - λλ4600-5000Å - high dispersion (expandable)
53  Stellar Spectra - color - visible region - wide range of spectral types
53a  Stellar Spectra of the Main Sequence
54  Several Spectra of Mizar A at different phases, a spectroscopic binary - black and white
55 Curve of Growth  The Schuster-Schwarzchild Model:  Case II (1<0>104) - the function f(u)
56  Schuster-Schwarzchild Model Summary
57  Milne-Eddington Model Assumptions
58  Uses of the Curve of Growth
59

 Advantages and Disadvantages of a Curve of Growth Analysis

60 Miscellaneous Line-Broadening Mechanisms

 Most Probable Speed in a Thermal-Microturbulent Velocity Distribution

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 Macroturbulence Broadened Line Profiles

61a

 Macroturbulent Line Profiles-2

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 Rotationally Broadened Line Profiles

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 Microturbulence and Rotational Profile Comparison

64 Atmospheric Effects on
Observations

 Atmospheric Extinction as a Function of Wavelength

 

 Sea Level Atmospheric Extinction (graphical)

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 Atmospheric Refraction

66 Radial Velocity Observations

 Corrections to an Observed Radial Velocity

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 Solar Motion and Velocity Dispersions