The Physics of Galaxies, 10 ECTS (hp), Spring 2016
Literature:	Peter Schneider, 2015, “Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology”,  Springer, ISBN 978-3-642-54082-0 (hardback) or 978-3-642-54083-7 (eBook)
Contents:	Extragalactic astronomy, with emphasis on the properties, evolution and origin 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 course Astrophysics I is required.
Examination:	Seminars, literature report, hand-in exercises, laboratory exercise
Teacher:	Erik Zackrisson, erik.zackrisson(at)physics.uu.se
Time:	April-June 2016
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
April 12	10-12	Å80115	Lecture 1	Course introduction Historical background The extragalactic distance scale Galaxy classification	1—1.4, 3—3.1.2, 3.9—3.9.6
April 14	13-15	Å2003	Lecture 2	The Milky Way The Local Group	2.1—2.4.2, 6.1—6.1.3
April 19	15-17	Å80109	Lecture 3	Dark matter in galaxies	2.4.3, 3.3.4, 4.4.6, 7.6—7.6.3, 7.8, 8.2.2—8.2.3
April 21	15-17	Å11167	Lecture 4	Disk galaxies Elliptical galaxies	3.2—3.4.5
April 26	13-15	Å80109	Lecture 5	Star formation Population synthesis Galaxy spectra The interstellar medium The cosmic star formation rate history	3.5-3.5.6, 3.7, 3.10—3.10.2, 9.6—9.6.2
April 27	10-12	Å12167	Exercise session I	Group exercise	Study solution set I carefully	Bring pen, paper, calculator (or computer)
May 3	13-15	Å13167	Lecture 6	Black holes Active galactic nuclei Introduction to the laboratory exercise	3.8-3.8.3 5—5.7
May 10	10-12	Å12167	Lecture 7	Galaxy groups Galaxy clusters Gravitational lensing	6—6.8, 3.11—3.11.4, 7.7—7.7.4, 8.4, 9.2.3
May 12	13-16	Å4003	Seminar I			See instructions for seminar I
May 17	10-12	Å12167	Lecture 8	The high-redshift Universe Cosmic reionization The first stars and galaxies	8.5—8.5.3, 9—9.5, 10-10.7.2, 11—11.2
May 19	13-15	Å13167	Exercise session II	Group exercise	Study solution set II carefully	Bring pen, paper, calculator (or computer)
May 24	13-15 15-17	Å80109 Å11167	Seminar II			See instructions for seminar II
May 25	10-12	Å80109	Extra session if required
May 26				Please submit via email (preferably in pdf format)		Literature exercise: written report
May 31	13-15	Å11167	Literature exercise – oral presentations			Presentation
June 2	13-15	Å12167	Literature exercise – oral presentations			Presentation
June 7						Database exercise: written report
June 14						Hand-in exercises

Examination

· Two exercise sessions

· Hand-in exercises

· Two seminars

· One database exercise

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

Course material

· Exercise sets with solutions: I, II
Video tutorial: Set I, exercise 3

· Hand-in exercises

· Seminar instructions: I, II

· Instructions for database exercise

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

colour, full-size: L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8

· Assessment criteria

Errata

· Until May 7, 2016, there was a typo in the solution to exercise 2 (Dust corrections) of exercise batch 2. In equation 12, the numerical constant should be 0.935 and nothing else. This affected the numerical results throughout the rest of the solution as well.

· Important update May 13, 2016: The written reports for the literature exercise and the database/computer exercise should be submitted to the URKUND system (a plagiarism detector used by Uppsala University), rather than to me directly.
You do this by submitting your report as an attachment in pdf format to: erik.zackrisson.uu[at]analys.urkund.se
You can read more about URKUND here.