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Galaxies, Spring 2004 |
Galaxer, VT 2004 |
N.B.: Lectures and tutorials may be in English.
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Tutorial/ Seminar |
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March 31
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10-12
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63133
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L1
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Course outline, historical background,
the cosmological framework, the extragalactic distance scale, galaxy classification.
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1.1-1.3, 1.4-1.5, 2.1.1, 4.1.2 |
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April 13
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13-15
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63133
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L2
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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 |
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April 13
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15-17
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63133
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L3
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Dark matter, disk galaxies,
ellipticals
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5.1-5.5, 6.1-6.4 |
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April 27 | 13-15 | 63133 | T1 | Problems 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10 | ||
April 28
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13-15
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63133
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L4
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Dwarf galaxies, star formation, starbursts,
the interstellar medium, chemical evolution, interactions & mergers
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4.1.3, 4.3.2, 4.4, 5.6 |
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May 5
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13-15
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63133
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L5
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Active galaxies
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8.1-8.2.5 |
Problems 3, 5, 7
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May 10
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13-15
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63133
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T2
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Problems 11, 12, 13, 16, 18
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May 12
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13-15
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63133
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L6
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Galaxy groups, galaxy clusters, gravitational lensing
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2.3.4, 5.6, 6.5 |
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May 14
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13-15
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63133
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S1
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Seminar 1
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May 19
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13-15
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63133
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L7
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Large scale structure, the high redshift universe,
reionization, galaxy formation
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7, 8.3 |
Problems 14, 19, 20
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May 25
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13-15
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63133
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T3
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Problems 15, 17, 21, 23, 25
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May 27
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13-15
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63133
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S2
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Seminar 2
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June 2
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Written essay
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June 4 | Problems 22, 24, 26 | |||||
June 8
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13-15
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63133
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S3
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Oral reports
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