INTRODUCTION TO NUMERICAL HYDRODYNAMICS AND RADIATIVE TRANSFER
PhD/Master course, 10 hsp
Start: November 3rd, 2009 at 10:15
Teachers: Nikolai Piskunov & Susanne Höfner, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
email: Nikolai.Piskunov-at-fysast.uu.se, Susanne.Hoefner-at-fysast.uu.se
Goals: Get a consistent picture of radiative energy transfer through complex dynamical media
using as examples typical astrophysical environment (stars, stellar winds
etc.), learn numerical methods and approximations, understand the advantages
and limitations of different techniques. Students will also obtain the
experience in using advanced programs and state-of-the-art computers.
Structure: The course consists of 2 parts: radiative transfer and hydrodynamics. Each part will
include lectures and a small number of not-too-simple exercises.
Grading: In order to complete the course students
would have to attend most of the lectures, do the home work and successfully
complete the exercises. This will result in 10 points.
Schedule: We hope to finish all the lectures before
mid January. The initial part that includes background material, refreshing of
the relevant math and numerical methods and it will be very intense: 2 lectures
per week on Tuesdays and Fridays.
RADIATIVE TRANSFER (Lecture
notes and exercises)
Lecture
1 (Tuesday November 3rd) Total Recall. Radiation and Math, Part 1
Lecture
2 (Friday November 6th) Total Recall. Math, Part 2 (home work #1)
Lecture
5 (Tuesday November 17th) Formal solvers of the RT equation
(home work #3
can be found here)
Lecture
6 (Tuesday November 24th) Self-consistency of the RT solutions THIS LECTURE
WILL START AT 14:15!
Lecture
7 (Tuesday December 1st) Time-dependent Radiative
Transfer in multi-dimensions THIS LECTURE WILL START AT 9:15!
NUMERICAL
HYDRODYNAMICS (Lecture Notes and Exercises)
NUMERICAL HYDRODYNAMICS (Lecture Notes and Exercises from 2007)