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<div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">The department for Astronomy is organizing a PhD course on Radiative Transfer Across Disciplines (5 hp), which might also be of interest for PhD students in Physics. An email discussing the contents of the
course that has recently been circulated to pre-registered students on the course follows below. If you are interested in taking the course, contact Anders Jerkstrand at "anders.jerkstrand@astro.su.se".</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;">
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Hi all,</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;">
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Welcome to the PhD course “Radiative Transfer Across Disciplines”, to be held in LP2 this spring, starting March 26.</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;">
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">I am coordinating the course, which will be taught by myself, Karin Lind, Jorrit Leenarts, Evan O’Connor, Jaime de la Cruz Rodriguez,</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;">
<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">and Garrelt Mellema. We are excited to have so many of you signed up already and interested in the course!</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;">
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Most important news first : the course will award 5hp, instead of the preliminarily planned 4hp.</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;">
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">An Athena page is under construction, and you should all now have been added to this. You can now there see</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;">
<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">the dates for the planned lectures and computer labs. Syllabus and more detailed information about the contents</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;">
<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">are soon forthcoming.</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;">
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">The overall structure of the course will be as follows:</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;">
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Week 1 (March 25-29): Introduction (Anders)</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;">
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">One week break (Easter)</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;">
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Week 2 (April 8-12) : Modelling spectral lines in the sun (Jaime)</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;">
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Week 3 (April 15-19) : NLTE line formation in stellar atmospheres (Karin)</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;">
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Week 4 (April 22-26) : Radiative transfer in MHD simulations of stellar atmospheres (Jorrit)</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;">
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Week 5 (April 29-May 3) : Neutrino physics and radiative transfer (Evan)</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;">
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">One week break</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;">
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Week 6 (May 13-17) : Modelling light curves and spectra of explosive transients (Anders)</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;">
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">One week break</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;">
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Week 7 (May 27-31) : Radiative transfer for H II regions on galactic and intergalactic scales (Garrelt)</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;">
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">The purpose of the course is to give you exposure and hands-on experience with state-of-the-art radiative transfer</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;">
<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">techniques and tools used in various fields at the astrophysics research fore-front. Hopefully, ideas for cross-discipline</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;">
<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">developments will arise.</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;">
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Apart from the introduction week, the other 6 blocks (weeks 2-7) will consist of two lectures, followed by a computer lab (2-3h).</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;">
<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Examination will be based on passing the computer labs - it is up to each block teacher whether this is an</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;">
<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">on-the-spot examination, or via a report hand-in. There is no final exam, oral of written, in the course.</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;">
<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">The teachers will provide lecture notes.</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;">
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">More detailed information will come before the course starts.</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;">
<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Should you have any questions please let me know - for now, make sure to reserve the course dates in your calanders.</span><br style="font-size: 13.3333px;">
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<div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Best regards</span></div>
<div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Anders</span></div>
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