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The Physics of Galaxies, 10 ECTS (hp), Spring 2019 |
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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
2019 |
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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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Date |
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Room |
Lecture/ |
Topics |
To read |
To
turn in/prepare |
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March 26 |
15-17 |
Å12167 |
Lecture 1 |
Course introduction Galaxy classification |
1—1.4, 3—3.1.2, |
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March 27 |
15-17 |
Å12167 |
Lecture 2 |
The Milky
Way |
2.1—2.4.2, 6.1—6.1.3 |
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April 1 |
13-15 |
Å4004 |
Lecture 3 |
Dark
matter in galaxies |
2.4.3, 3.3.4, 4.4.6, |
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April 3 |
15-17 |
Å12167 |
Lecture 4 |
Disk galaxies Elliptical galaxies |
3.2—3.4.5 |
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April 5 |
13-15 |
Å12167 |
Lecture 5 |
Star formation The interstellar medium |
3.5-3.5.6, 9.6—9.6.2 |
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April 24 |
13-15 |
ITC2215 |
Exercise session I |
Group exercise: Fermi problems |
No
preparation necessary |
Bring
pen, paper, calculator (and preferably computer) |
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April 26 |
15-17 |
Å12167 |
Lecture 6 |
Black holes Active galactic nuclei Introduction to the database exercise |
3.8-3.8.3 5—5.7 |
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May 6 |
13-15 |
Å2004 |
Lecture 7
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Galaxy
groups Gravitational
lensing |
6—6.8, 3.11—3.11.4, |
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May 7 |
13-15 |
Å12167 |
Lecture 8 |
The high-redshift Universe Cosmic reionization The first stars and galaxies |
8.5—8.5.3, |
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May 9 |
13-15 |
Å4006 |
Exercise session II |
Group exercise |
Study
solution set I carefully |
Bring
pen, paper, calculator (or computer) |
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May 13 |
13-15 |
Å12167 |
Seminar I |
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See
instructions for seminar I |
See
instructions for seminar I |
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May 15 |
15-17 |
Å12167 |
Exercise session III |
Group exercise |
Study
solution set II carefully |
Bring
pen, paper, calculator (or computer) |
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May 16 |
13-16 |
Å11240 |
Seminar II (group 1) |
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See
instructions for seminar II |
See
instructions for seminar II |
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May 17 |
13-16 |
Å11240 |
Seminar II (group 2) |
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See
instructions for seminar II |
See
instructions for seminar II |
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May 17 |
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Deadline |
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Literature
exercise: written report |
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May 20 |
15-17 |
Å12167 |
Seminar III |
See
instructions for seminar III |
See
instructions for seminar III |
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May 22 |
15-17 |
Å12167 |
Seminar IV |
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See
instructions for seminar IV |
See
instructions for seminar IV |
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May 27 |
10-12 |
Å12167 |
Literature
exercise – oral presentations (session 1) |
Presentation |
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May 28 |
15-17 |
Å12167 |
Literature exercise – oral presentations (session 2) |
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Presentation |
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June 3 |
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Deadline |
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Database exercise: written report |
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June 7 |
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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