| Unit name | The Physics of Radiation |
|---|---|
| Unit code | PHYSM3410 |
| Credit points | 10 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Dr. Antognozzi |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
PHYS21030 |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | School of Physics |
| Faculty | Faculty of Science |
This course describes fundamental physical processes relating to the production and propagation of radiation. It introduces the key concepts required in the study of radiation, and then discusses radiation production mechanisms such as the radiation produced by atoms or by charged particles moving through electric and magnetic fields. As radiation propagates through matter or plasma it will be modified by absorption, scattering, dispersion and emission processes, all of which will be discussed in the course, and applications of these phenomena will be presented.
Aims:
To familiarise students with fundamental physical processes relating to the production and propagation of radiation. To introduce the tools necessary to describe radiation and its transfer through matter or plasma. To provide an appreciation of specific emission, absorption, scattering and propagation mechanisms and of which processes are important in different physical scenarios.
Students will have an appreciation of the fundamental physical processes underlying a wide range of phenomena which give rise to radiation in the laboratory and universe. They will be able to discuss the propagation of radiation and the physical processes that change the characteristics of this radiation such as absorption, scattering, line emission and dispersion. Students will be familiar with a range of situations in which the fundamental processes discussed in the course can be seen to operate.
Lectures and problems classes.
