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Stellar atmospheres and stellar winds  

Description

• The student can understand the main processes involved in radiation transfer • The student can interpret analytical and numerical solutions of radiation transfer, as described in the scientific literature, and can compare these methods with the ones illustrated in the course • The student can interpret the spectra of stellar atmospheres in function of temperature, gravity and chemical composition of the star • The student can understand the different physical causes for the onset of a stellar wind • The student can interpret observations of stellar winds using basic physical concepts, illustrated by means of simplified analytical equations or complex theoretical computer models

Delivery mode

Presential
English

Name

Stellar atmospheres and stellar winds
English

UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE

Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation

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