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Modified by JEB on May 30, 2007

Astronomy 635: Fundamentals of Astrophysics

Preliminaries: Special relativity, dynamics, random fields
Radiation: Properties of electromagnetic radiation, thermal radiation, radiative transfer, radiation fields, geometric optics, diffraction theory, radiation from moving charges, Cerenkov radiation, bremsstrahlung, synchrotron radiation, Compton scattering

Field Theory: Overview
Matter: Kinetic theory. ideal fluids, viscous fluids, fluid instabilities, supersonic flows, shocks, plasmas
Gravity: Laws of gravity, collisionless systems, evolution of gravitating systems
Cosmology: Friedmann-Robertson-Walker models, inflation

This outline is representative only, and is likely to change from instructor to instructor and from year to year.

Recent instructors

Christ Ftaclas — 2006 [notes]
Len Cowie — 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002
Nick Kaiser — 2001 [notes], 2000