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The Physics of Galaxies, 10 ECTS (hp), Spring 2018 |
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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
2018 |
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Schedule
Recent changes are marked in red
Sessions for which attendance is mandatory are marked in blue
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Room |
Lecture/ |
Topics |
To read |
To
turn in/prepare |
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March 22 |
13-15 |
Å2003 |
Lecture 1 |
Course introduction Galaxy classification |
1—1.4, 3—3.1.2, |
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March 27 |
13-15 |
Å2002 |
Lecture 2 |
The Milky
Way |
2.1—2.4.2, 6.1—6.1.3 |
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April 10 |
15-17 |
Å80109 |
Lecture 3 |
Dark
matter in galaxies |
2.4.3, 3.3.4, 4.4.6, |
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April 12 |
15-17 |
Å80109 |
Lecture 4 |
Disk galaxies Elliptical galaxies |
3.2—3.4.5 |
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April 17 |
13-15 |
Å2002 |
Lecture 5 |
Star formation The interstellar medium |
3.5-3.5.6, 9.6—9.6.2 |
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April 19 |
15-17 |
Å80109 |
Exercise session I |
Group exercise: Fermi problems |
No
preparation necessary |
Bring
pen, paper, calculator (and preferably computer) |
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April 24 |
13-15 |
Å2004 |
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 26 |
13-15 |
Å2002 |
Lecture 7
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Galaxy
groups Gravitational
lensing |
6—6.8, 3.11—3.11.4, |
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May 3 |
13-15 |
Å80115 |
Lecture 8 |
The high-redshift Universe Cosmic reionization The first stars and galaxies |
8.5—8.5.3, |
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May 8 |
13-15 |
Å2002 |
Exercise session II |
Group exercise |
Study
solution set I carefully |
Bring pen,
paper, calculator (or computer) |
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May 9 |
10-13 |
Å11240 |
Seminar I (group 1) |
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See
instructions for seminar I |
See
instructions for seminar I |
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May 9 |
13-16 |
Å11240 |
Seminar I (group 2) |
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See
instructions for seminar I |
See
instructions for seminar I |
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May 17 |
15-17 |
Å80115 |
Seminar II |
See
instructions for seminar II |
See
instructions for seminar II |
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May 22 |
13-15 |
Å12167 |
Seminar III |
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See
instructions for seminar III |
See
instructions for seminar III |
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May 24 |
13-15 |
Å2002 |
Exercise session III |
Group exercise |
Study solution
set II carefully |
Bring
pen, paper, calculator (or computer) |
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May 25 |
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Deadline |
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Literature
exercise: written report |
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May 29 |
13-15 |
Å13167 |
Seminar IV |
See instructions for seminar IV |
See
instructions for seminar IV |
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May 31 |
13-15 |
Å13167 |
Literature exercise – oral presentations (group I) |
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Presentation |
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June 1 |
13-15 |
Å11167 |
Literature exercise – oral presentations (group II) |
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June 7 |
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Deadline |
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Database exercise: written report |
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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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Four 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,
IV
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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 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.
Errata
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None so far