High Energy Astrophysics: Course Outline 1 Some useful information Lecturer Geoff Bicknell, Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics Contact details: Telephone RSAA: (02) 6125 9088 Email geoff.bicknell@anu.edu.au Course Webpage: http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~geoff/HEA/HEA.htm 2 What is High Energy Astrophysics? High energy astrophysics (HEA) is the study of astrophysical phenomena that involve particles of "high energy". ... All lecture notes and the problem set will be available via my web page. ...

... Printed in U.S.A. THE STELLAR DISK THICKNESS OF LOW SURFACE BRIGHTNESS GALAXIES D. Bizyaev 1,2,3 and S. Kajsin 4 Received 2003 October 23; accepted 2004 June 9 ABSTRACT We present surface photometry results for a sample of 11 edge-on galaxies observed with the 6 m telescope at the Special Astrophysical Observatory, Russia. ... We find from a comparison of photometric scales that the stellar disks of LSB galaxies are thinner than those of high surface brightness ( HSB) galaxies. ... UGC 11301 .. ...