ASTR 769 (001), PHYS 590 (001): Physics of the Interstellar Medium

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Topic 1: Some Basic Thermal Physics

Topic 2: Introduction to the ISM

Topic 3: Atomic Structure and Radiation

Topic 4: H I Regions

Topic 5: Dust

Topic 6: H II Regions

Topic 7: Molecular Clouds and Star Formation

Reading from Kwok

Topic 1: 2.1 through 2.5

Topic 2: 1.1 through 1.11

Topic 3: 4.1, 4.2, 5.1 through 5.6, 5.8.1

Topic 4: 2.6, 2.7, 3.3, 4.3, 4.5, 4.7 through 4.11, 5.8.2, 5.9, 5.10, 5.12, 5.15, 5.18

Topic 5: Ch 10, Ch 11, 12.1 through 12.4, 13.1, 13.5, 14.8

Topic 6: 4.6, 5.11, 5.16, 5.19, Ch 6

Topic 7: 7.1 through 7.7, 15.3 through 15.5, 15.8