TIME: 2:30 pm - 3:50 pm, Tuesday & Thursday

PLACE: 170 Giltner

INSTRUCTOR:

• Prof. Robert Stein, 310 PA Bldg, 353-8661, steinr@pilot.msu.edu

WEB PAGE: http://www.pa.msu.edu/~steinr/radiation.html

TEXT:

There is no good single text. We will refer to several books, which are on reserve in the library.

• Rybicki & Lightman, Radiative Processes in Astrophysics
• Mihalas, Stellar Atmospheres, 2nd ed.
• Avrett, Frontiers of Astrophysics
• Verschuur & Kellermann, Galactic and Extra-galactic Radio Astronomy
• Osterbrock: Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebula and Active Galactic Nuclei
• Weymann et. al. Lecture Notes on Introductory Theoretical Astrophysics
• Kalkofen, Methods in Radiative Transfer
• Shu, Physics of Astrophysics, I. Radiation

In addition, Rob Rutten has an excellent set of lecture notes available via the web or ftp from http://www.fys.ruu.nl/~rutten/node14.html