Astronomy 8300 - The Interstellar Medium
Prof. Michael Crenshaw (Georgia State University)
Course Materials - Syllabus, Lectures
Syllabus (in PDF)
1. Introduction (in PDF)
2. Diffuse ISM (in PDF)
3. Dust (in PDF)
4. Ionization (in PDF)
5. Thermal Equilibrium (in PDF)
6. Emitted Spectrum (in PDF)
7. Emission-Line Diagnostics (in PDF)
8. Photoionization Models (in PDF)
9. Gas Dynamics (in PDF)
10. H II Regions (in PDF)
11. Planetary Nebulae (in PDF)
12. Novae (in PDF)
13. Supernovae (in PDF)
14. Introduction to AGN (in PDF)
15. AGN Physics (in PDF)
16. Intergalactic Medium (in PDF)
Course Homework, Midterm, Project, Final
Homework Set 1 (in PDF)
Homework Set 1 Answers (in PDF)
Homework Set 2 (in PDF)
Homework Set 2 Answers (in PDF)
Homework Set 3 (in PDF)
Homework Set 3 Answers (in PDF)
Midterm (in PDF)
Midterm Answers (in PDF)
Planetary Nebula Project (in PDF)
Emission Lines in Seyferts (in PDF)
IDL Analysis (in PDF)
Running Cloudy (in PDF)
Revalski Tutorial on CLOUDY (in PDF)
Useful web sites, etc.:
Cloudy Web Page
Atomic Line List
Textbooks
Grotrian Diagrams
Error Propagation(in PDF)