This web page contains the information for Fall 2010 course on the Interstellar Medium at Leiden University. The page will be continuously updated and new material will be added as it becomes available. [Click here for the complete material of the (very similar) Fall 2008 class]
| Lecturer | Dr. Michiel Hogerheijde | |
| Assistant | Mher Khazandjian | |
| Target group | Master students | |
| Prerequisites | Radiative Processes in Astrophysics (Stralingsprocessen) | |
| Period | 16 September - 16 December 2010 | |
| Programme Form | Lectures and discussion sessions based on assignments | |
| Examination | Oral, by appointment | |
| Level/Appreciation | 500, 6 EC | |
| Recommended literature | The Physics and Chemistry of the Interstellar Medium, A.G.G.M. Tielens, Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 978-0521826341 (currently out of print) | |
| Recommended literature | Astrophysics Of Gaseous Nebulae And Active Galactic Nuclei, Osterbrock & Ferland, University Science Books; 2 edition, ISBN-13: 978-1891389344 | |
| More information at | the ISM class web page |
Lectures are on Thursday mornings from 1115 to 1300 in Huygens 427, and start on September 16. Four additional lectures are on different days & times: Friday 0900-1045 on Oct 8, Oct 22, Nov 12, and Dec 3; the lecture on November 25 is cancelled. These lectures still take place in Oort 427.
[Click on the lecture titles to download the pdf file of the handouts])
To take the exam, please contact Michiel Hogerheijde by e-mail at michiel-at-strw.leidenuniv.nl to set up a date & time.