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The Physics of Galaxies, 10 ECTS (hp), Spring 2017 |
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Literature: |
Peter
Schneider, 2015, “Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology”,
Springer, ISBN 978-3-642-54082-0 (hardback) or 978-3-642-54083-7 (eBook) |
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Contents: |
Extragalactic astronomy,
with emphasis on the properties, evolution and origin of galaxies |
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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. |
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Examination: |
Seminars,
literature report, hand-in exercises, laboratory exercise |
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Teacher: |
Erik Zackrisson, erik.zackrisson(at)physics.uu.se |
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Time: |
March-June
2017 |
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Schedule
Recent changes are marked in red
Sessions for which attendance is mandatory are marked in blue
Date |
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Room |
Lecture/ |
Topics |
To read |
To
turn in/prepare |
March 23 |
13-15 |
Å80109 |
Lecture 1 |
Course introduction Galaxy classification |
1—1.4, 3—3.1.2, |
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March 28 |
13-15 |
Å2004 |
Lecture 2 |
The Milky
Way |
2.1—2.4.2, 6.1—6.1.3 |
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March 30 |
15-17 |
Å2003 |
Lecture 3 |
Dark matter
in galaxies |
2.4.3, 3.3.4, 4.4.6, |
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April 7 |
15-17 |
Å11167 |
Lecture 4 |
Disk galaxies Elliptical galaxies |
3.2—3.4.5 |
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April 19 |
10-12 |
Å11167 |
Lecture 5 |
Star formation The interstellar medium |
3.5-3.5.6, 9.6—9.6.2 |
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April 20 |
13-15 |
Å12167 |
Exercise session I |
Group exercise: Fermi problems |
No
preparation necessary |
Bring pen,
paper, calculator (and preferably computer) |
April 21 |
13-15 |
Å80109 |
Lecture 6 |
Black holes Active galactic nuclei Introduction to the laboratory exercise |
3.8-3.8.3 5—5.7 |
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April 25 |
15-17 |
Å80109 |
Lecture 7
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Galaxy
groups Gravitational
lensing |
6—6.8, 3.11—3.11.4, |
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April 26 |
10-12 |
Å13167 |
Lecture 8 |
The high-redshift Universe Cosmic reionization The first stars and galaxies |
8.5—8.5.3, |
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April 27 |
13-15 |
Å80109 |
Exercise session II |
Group exercise |
Study
solution set I carefully |
Bring
pen, paper, calculator (or computer) |
May
4 |
15-17 |
Å11167 |
Seminar I |
Group exercise |
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May 17 |
10-12 |
Å12167 |
Moved
to May 24! |
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May 22 |
13-15 |
Å12167 |
Seminar II |
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See
instructions for seminar II |
See
instructions for seminar II |
May 24 |
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Deadline |
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Literature
exercise: written report |
May 24 |
10-12 |
Å12167 |
Exercise session III |
Group exercise |
Study
solution set II carefully |
Bring
pen, paper, calculator (or computer) |
May 29 |
10-12 |
Å12167 |
Seminar III |
See instructions for seminar III |
See instructions
for seminar III |
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May 30 |
15-17 |
Å12167 |
Literature exercise – oral presentations |
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Presentation |
June 7 |
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Deadline |
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Database exercise: written report |
June 14 |
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Deadline |
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Hand-in
exercises |
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Three exercise sessions
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Hand-in exercises
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Three seminars
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One database exercise
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Written essay (minimum 3
pages) + oral presentation (10 minutes)
Course material
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Exercise sets with
solutions: I,
II
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Seminar instructions: I, II, III
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Instructions for database
exercise
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Lecture notes
grayscale: L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8
colour, full-size: L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8
How to hand in reports
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The written reports for the
literature exercise and thedatabase/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.
Errata
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None so far