ASTR 8000 - Stellar Atmospheres and Spectroscopy

4 Hours
Physics of radiative transfer in stellar atmospheres and the formation of continuous and line spectra with particular emphasis on the spectroscopic analysis of stellar photospheres. Topics include extended atmospheres, deviations from local thermodynamical equilibrium, determination of chemical abundances in stars, and the analysis of atmospheric motions. Four lecture hours a week.

Prerequisite(s): None.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre/Corequisite(s): None.
Requirements: None.