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ASTR 144

Bruinwalk
Main Course

Star Formation and Interstellar Medium

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Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: courses 81, 115, 117. Designed for upper-division Astrophysics and Physics majors. Focus on key components of interstellar medium (ISM) in galaxies, including dust, and neutral, ionized, and molecular gas. Consideration of dynamical processes, such as shocks and expanding supernova remnants. Covers process of star formation. Key ISM observational techniques are presented. P/NP or letter grading.

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