Physics 612   ASTROPHYSICS (INTERStellar MEDIUM)   Course Outline

   I.  GENERAL INFORMATION

Course Number, Section and Title:  Physics 612, Section 1, Astrophysics

Class Time and Place: MWF, 1:00 pm, C266 ESC

Instructor:  Dr. Clark G. Christensen

Office:  N482 ESC

Office Hours:  MWF 2:00 pm -3:00 pm (other hours by appointment)

Telephone:  422-2207 (office),   375-5951 (home)            Email:  cgchristensen@byu.edu

Graders:  Instructor

Credit:  3 hours

Prerequisites:  Physics 427 and 428 or their equivalent

Texts:   Physical Processes in the Interstellar Medium by Lyman Spitzer. Jr.  1978 (New York:  John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) and
        Astrophysics of the Diffuse Universe by Michael A. Dopita and Ralph S. Sutherland  2003 (New York:  Springer-Verlag)

Audience:  This course is designed for graduate students in astrophysics or physics

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