Syllabus and literature

Syllabus

The syllabus follows closely chapters of the lecture notes, except the last point:

1. Radiation quantities
2. Radiation and matter in equilibrium
3. The radiative transfer equation
4. Discrete processes
5. Continuous processes
6. Radiative transfer
7. Zeeman effect and polarised radiative transfer

Literature

You can also view the literature list in Leganto.

• Lecture notes: Introduction to Astrophysical Radiative Transfer by Rob Rutten
• Radiative processes in astrophysics by George Rybicki and Alan Lightman
• The observation and analysis of stellar photospheres by David Gray
• Introduction to stellar astrophysics, vol.2 : Stellar atmospheres by Erika Böhm-Vitense
• Radiative Processes in High Energy Astrophysics by Gabriele Ghiselline
• Astrophysics of the Diffuse Universe by Mike Dopita and Ralph Sutherland
• Radiative Transfer in Stellar Atmospheres by Rob Rutten (more advanced version of the lecture notes with focus on stellar atmospheres)

Additional resources for Zeeman effect and polarised radiative transfer

• Polarization in Spectral Lines by Egidio Landi Degl'Innoccenti & Marco Landolfi. Advanced level, but THE reference text for all things related to Zeeman effect and polarisation. Chapter 3 (Zeeman effect) and Chapter 9 (Line Formation in a Magnetic Field) are the most relevant.
• Modern Physics by Paul Tipler and Ralph Llewellyn. A more introductory-level text on Quantum Physics & Relativity, with most relevant chapter 7 on Atomic Physics. Some additional sections are available online for free and are highly recommended:
  • Modern Physics, Multielectron Atoms
  • Modern Physics, The Zeeman Effect
• Radiative Diagnostics in the Solar Photosphere and Chromosphere by Jaime de la Cruz Rodríguez and Michiel van Noort. Freely available online, only sections 2.1 and 2.2 are relevant.