QUASAR ABSORPTION LINES
Volume 2 Lecture Slides
QUASAR ABSORPTION LINES
Volume 2 Lecture Slides
Volume 2 treats the theory and analysis of absorption lines, including the physics of atomic transitions, gas and ionization physics, the cosmological model, radiative transfer, spectrograph design, analysis of spectra, and multi-component, multiphase chemical-ionization modeling. Pragmatic approaches to conducting and assessing absorber counts in large absorption line surveys is presented. Throughout, objective analysis methods are emphasized and presented for clarity of practical application.
This page is Under Construction - only Lectures 20 and 21 are live
A Note to Students/Learners
The lecture slides provide abridged versions of the chapter content. They are designed to be useful as personal study guides and supplements to the book chapters. Think of them as the TL;DR for each chapter.
A Note to Instructors
The lecture slides should be suitable for 30-45 minute lectures. Each focuses on the main takeaways from each chapter, skipping the larger portion of the derivations and minor points.
Part 4 IONS AND PHOTONS IN THE COSMOS
PART 4. IONS AND PHOTONS IN THE COSMOS
Chapter 20 Hydrogen and Hydrogenic Ions
Chapter 21 Transitions of Hydrogenic Ions
Chapter 22 Multi-Electron Ions and Transitions
Chapter 23 Atomic Properties and Spectra
Chapter 24 The Lambda-CDM Cosmological Paradigm
Chapter 25 Applied Cosmology
Chapter 26 Cosmological Radiative Transfer
PART 5. ANALYZING QUASAR SPECTRA
Chapter 27 Spectrographs and Spectra
Chapter 28 Absorption Lines and Ionization Breaks
Chapter 29 Absorption Line Analysis
Chapter 30 Profile Fitting and Column Densities
Chapter 31 Absorption Line Surveys
Chapter 32 Absorber Population Statistics
PART 6. MODELING ABSORBERS
Chapter 33 Macro Properties of Astrophysical Gas
Chapter 34 The Microphysics of Ionized Gas
Chapter 35 Introduction to Ionization Modeling
Chapter 36 Modeling Absorbers
Volume 1: Introduction, Discoveries, and Methods Order @ Cambridge University Press | Amazon
Volume 2: Astrophysics, Analysis, and Modeling Order @ Cambridge University Press | Amazon