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AST9410 - Stellar Atmospheres

Course content

Advanced introduction to radiation transport applied to stellar atmospheres and numerical stellar atmosphere models, radiation in energy balance in stars, 3D radiation transport and radiation magnetohydrodynamics.

Learning outcomes

The course provides a theoretical and practical background to Ph.D. theses in radiation transport and stellar atmosphere models.

Admission

To participate in this course you must have an admission to a Ph.D.-programme at a Norvegian University or University College.

If you do not have an admission to the Ph.D.-Programme in Science at The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at UiO, you have to apply for hospitantstatus (norwegian text) . For more information, please contact the Department.

Prerequisites

Formal prerequisites

Bachelor degree of the Fysikk, astronomi og meteorologi (bachelor's) programme or comparable.

Recommended prior knowledge

Bachelor degree of the Fysikk, astronomi og meteorologi (bachelor's) programme or comparable.

Overlap

No overlap.

Teaching

There will be 2 hours of lectures/tutorials every week in the first half of the semester. The second half of the semester you will be working on a project paper with individual tutoring.

Exam information

Final course grade will be based on a compulsory project paper and a final oral exam.

Assessment and grading

Students are awarded either a passing or a failing grade. Read more about the grading system .

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