INHALT:
Introduction – Radiation and magnetic fields – Radiative transfer and excitation – Neutral interstellar gas – Ionized interstellar gas – ISM at high energies – Interstellar dust – Heating and cooling processes – Shock phenomena – Interstellar turbulence – Equilibrium, collapse, and star formation – Changes of state and transformations

ZIELGRUPPE:
Eligible lecture of the module „Advanced Astronomy and Astrophysics“ (Physics/Master). Open also for all students with interest in astronomy and astrophysics.

VORAUSSETZUNG:
Kenntnisse in Physik und Mathematik. Bachelor-Abschluss erwünscht.