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AS7007 Galaxies, 7.5 hp, Spring 2012

 

Literature:

L.S. Sparke & J. S. Gallagher III, 2007, “Galaxies in the Universe”,  Cambridge University Press, ISBN 139780521671866 (paperback) or 139780521855938 (hardback)

 

Contents:

Extragalactic astronomy, with emphasis on the origin and evolution of galaxies.

 

Prerequisites:

Knowledge corresponding to a Bachelor's degree in physics, or similar. In addition, basic knowledge about spectra, stellar physics, galaxies and cosmology corresponding to the courses Introduction to galaxies and cosmology (AS3001), Astrophysical spectra (AS7006), Stellar structure and evolution (AS7010) and Cosmology (AS7009) is required.

 

Examination:

Seminars, literature report and hand-in exercises.

 

Teacher:

Erik Zackrisson, ez(at)astro.su.se, phone: 08-5537 8556

 

Time:

March-June 2012

 


If you are interested in participating, please notify Erik Zackrisson as soon as possible!

 

Schedule
Recent changes are marked in red

Date

Time

Room

Lecture/
Exercise session/
Seminar

Topics

To read

To turn in/prepare

March 26

10-12

FC61

Lecture 1

Course outline, historical background,

the extragalactic distance scale, galaxy classification

1.1-1.3, 1.4-1.5, 2.1.1, 2.2.3, 4.1.2

 

 

March 27

10-12

FC61

Lecture 2

The Milky Way and the Local Group

2.1, 2.2-2.4.2, 4.1-4.1.1, 4.2-4.3.1, 4.5

 

 

March 29

10-12

FC61

Lecture 3

Dark matter in galaxies

 

Not covered well in the textbook

 

 

 

April 10

13-15

FC61

Lecture 4

Disk galaxies and elliptical galaxies,

1.3.1., 5.1-5.6.2, 6.1-6.4.2

 

 

April 16

10-12

FC61

Exercise session I

Exercises 1-6

 

 

April 19

10-12

FC61

Lecture 5

Dwarf galaxies and starbursts, the stellar intial mass function, the galaxy luminosity function, surface brightness, star formation, the interstellar medium, chemical evolution, interactions & mergers, integrated vs. resolved photometry

1.3.1, 2.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.3.2, 4.4, 7.1.2

 

April 20

13:30-15

FC61

Seminar I

 

 

See instructions for seminar I

April 24

10-12

FC61

Lecture 6
Exercise session II

Active galaxies, Lyman-alpha absorption Exercises 7-12

 9-9.3

Hand-in exercises 1-3

April 26

10-12

FC61

Lecture 7

Galaxy groups, galaxy clusters, graviational lensing

 7.1-7.4.3, 8.1

 

May 14

13-16

Aina Elvius

Lecture 8

The high-redshift Universe: Reionization, the first stars and galaxies

 8.3, 9.4-9.4.4

Hand-in exercises 4-6

May 16

10-12

FC61

Exercise session III

Exercises 13-18

 

 

May 18

 

 

 

 

 

Written report

May 29

10-12

FC61

Seminar II

 

 

See instructions for seminar II

May 31

10-15

FC61

Oral presentations

 

 

   

June 7

 

 

 

 

 

Hand-in exercises 7-9

           

Examination

·      Two seminars

·      Three sets of hand in-exercises

·      Written essay (minimum 3 pages) + oral presentation (10 minutes)

 

 

 Course material

·      Seminar instructions: I, II

·      Dataset for seminar II

·      Exercises (including hand-ins)

·      Solutions to exercise sets I, II, III

·      Lecture notes: L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8


Errata

·      None so far