Galaxies, Spring 2004 

Galaxer, VT 2004 

Course description

Morphology, dimensions of, and distance to the galaxies. Light distribution, colors and stellar content. Magnetic fields. Kinematics, dynamics, masses. The Local Group and the local supercluster. The local velocity field. Galaxy clusters and large scale structure. Distribution of galaxies, radio sources and quasars at different cosmic epocs. The luminosity function. The intergalactic medium. Galaxy formation and early stellar formation. Gasflows and chemical evolution. Dynamical and morphological evolution. Interacting galaxies. Active galaxies and quasars.

Beskrivning

Galaxernas morfologi, avstånd och dimensioner. Ljusfördelning, färger och stjärninnehåll. Magnetfält. Kinematik, dynamik, massor. Lokala galaxgruppen och lokala superhopen. Det lokala hastighetsfältet. Galaxhopar och storskalig struktur. Fördelning av galaxer, radiokällor och kvasarer vid olika kosmiska epoker. Luminositetsfunktionen. Det intergalaktiska mediet. Galaxbildning och tidig stjärnbildning. Gasflöden och kemisk utveckling. Dynamisk och morfologisk utveckling. Växelverkande galaxer. Aktiva galaxer och kvasarer.


N.B.: Lectures and tutorials may be in English.

Course work

Problem sets (including hand-ins) and seminar instructions are available here

Examination results


 

Schedule (subject to change)


 
Date
 Time
Lecture
room
 Lecture/
Tutorial/
Seminar
Subject
To read
To turn in 
March 31
10-12
63133
L1 
Course outline, historical background, the cosmological framework, the extragalactic distance scale, galaxy classification.
 1.1-1.3, 1.4-1.5, 2.1.1, 4.1.2 
 
April 13
13-15
63133
L2 
The Milky Way, the local group,
the stellar intial mass function, star formation rate, the galaxy luminosity function, surface brightness
 1.3.1, 2.1-2.3.3, 4.1-4.1.1, 4.2-4.3.1, 4.5
 
April 13
15-17
63133
L3 
Dark matter, disk galaxies, ellipticals
 5.1-5.5, 6.1-6.4 
 
April 27 13-15 63133 T1 Problems 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10    
April 28
13-15
63133
L4 
Dwarf galaxies, star formation, starbursts,  the interstellar medium, chemical evolution, interactions & mergers
 4.1.3, 4.3.2, 4.4, 5.6 
 
May 5
13-15
63133
L5 
Active galaxies
  8.1-8.2.5
Problems 3, 5, 7
May 10
13-15 
63133
T2
Problems 11, 12, 13, 16, 18
  
 
May 12
13-15
63133
L6
Galaxy groups, galaxy clusters, gravitational lensing
 2.3.4, 5.6, 6.5 
 
May 14
13-15
63133
S1
Seminar 1
  
 
May 19
13-15
63133
L7
Large scale structure, the high redshift universe, reionization, galaxy formation 
  7, 8.3
Problems 14, 19, 20
May 25
13-15
63133
T3
Problems 15, 17, 21, 23, 25
  
 
May 27
13-15
63133
S2
Seminar 2
  
 
June 2
 
 
 
 
  
Written essay
June 4           Problems 22, 24, 26
June 8
13-15
63133
S3
Oral reports
  
 

Literature

  • Sparke & Gallagher: Galaxies in the universe, Cambridge University Press

    • Staff

    Erik Zackrisson . Tel: 471-5976. Room no.: 63113. E-mail: ez@astro.uu.se
     
     
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