Galaxies
Graduate Block Lecture Course
March 10 - 18, 2011
Lecturers: Fabian Walter (walter@mpia.de) and Hans-Walter Rix (rix@mpia.de)
Location: ARI Seminarraum
Scope
This lecture course is the compact equivalent of the semester-long course on galaxies that is established part of the Astronomy/Physics graduate student curriculum. The course is aimed at Masters and Phd students in both Physics and Astronomy, who have knowledge of astronomy at the level of the 2 semester introductory course, and who have a second foundation in Physics. Bachelor students with such qualifications are also encouraged to attend. The course will convey a broad and up-to date perspective on the current state of knowledge and on the physical principles that shape the properties and evolution of the galaxy population, both at the present epoch and at high redshift. While the cosmological context will be stressed throughout, this class is not a cosmology course, nor has its main focus on modelling galaxy formation. Emphasis will be given to viewing galaxies as 'baryon condensates' in the cosmic dark matter web, to recent quantitative approaches for characterizing the galaxy population properties; there will be focus on the Milky Way and the Local Group—to understand galaxies, when resolved into individual stars; on galaxy dynamics, the role of dark matter in galaxy formation and on black holes at the center; on the various gas phases (and dust) in galaxies. To prepare students for research, the lectures will also discuss the most actively pursued open questions in this field. There will be one group project assigned and discussed in the last lectures.
Prerequisites
Introduction to Astronomy I and II (or equivalent); basic knowledge of cosmology.
The first set of lectures each day is from 9:00- 10:50, the second set is from 11:10 - 13:00.
Lectures
March 10, Thu 9:00 – 10:50 |
Introduction
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[FW] |
March 10, Thu 11:10 – 13:00 |
Cosmology Primer
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[HWR] [AvdW] |
March 11, Fri 9:00 – 10:50 |
Observable Constituents of Galaxies I: Stars
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[HWR] |
March 11, Fri 11:10 – 13:00 |
Observable Constituents of Galaxies II: Gas and Dust
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[FW] |
March 14, Mon 9:00 – 10:50 |
Galaxy Dynamics
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[HWR] |
March 14, Mon 11:10 – 13:00 |
Dark Matter In and Around Galaxies |
[FW] |
March 15, Tue 9:00 – 10:50 |
The Present-Day Galaxy Population
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[HWR] |
March 15, Tue 11:10 – 13:00 |
Black Holes and AGN
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[FW] |
March 16, Wed 9:00 – 10:50 |
Physics of Galaxy Evolution
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[FW] |
March 16, Wed 11:10 – 13:00 |
Observational Galaxy Evolution through Cosmic Times
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[HWR] |
March 17, Thu 9:00 – 10:50 |
Epoch of Reionization
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[FW] |
March 17, Thu 11:10 – 13:00 |
Milky Way and Local Group
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[HWR] [NM] |
March 18, Fri |
Global Discussion: answered and open question
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[HWR] [FW] [AvdW] |