Pavel Kroupa: Teaching

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Winter Semester: Summer Semester: Summer and Winter Semester:


1) Lecture: The Physics of Dense Stellar Systems: the building blocks of the universe and the origin of stellar populations (astro853)

Time and place:

Mondays 15:15 - 17:00, Room 3.010, AIfA

Exercises:

By arrangement

Start date:

Monday, 8th October 2012

Instructor:

Pavel Kroupa

Tutors::

Fabian Lueghausen (fabian[at]astro.uni-bonn.de), Christine Schulz (xtine.schulz[at]gmx.de)

Hours per week:

2+1

Credit points:

4

Prerequisites:

Vordiplom physics/BSc

Contents:

Schedule

Exam Results

Literature:

Comment:

Stars form in groups or clusters that are far denser than galactic fields. Understanding the dynamical processes within these dense stellar systems is therefore important for understanding the properties of stellar populations of galaxies. This course gives an outline of the birth and dynamical evolution of star clusters, and of the dynamical processes acting within dense stellar systems. These include energy equipartition, destruction of binary systems and the acceleration of stars to high energies. Knowledge of these issues is essential for an understanding of star formation as well as of the distribution of stars on galactic scales because most stars are born in clusters.

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2) Lecture: Numerical Gravitational Dynamics - From planetary systems to cosmological problems (astro854)

Time and place:

Thursdays 14:15-16, Room 0.18, AIfA

Exercises:

Weekly by appointment

Start date:

Thursday, 11th October 2012

Instructors:

Jan Pflamm-Altenburg

Tutors:

Matthias Kruckow

Hours per week:

2+1

Credit points:

4

Prerequisites:

Vordiplom/BSc physics

Contents:

Schedule

Literature:

Comments:

This course provides an introduction to the numerical procedures used in the three areas of stellar dynamics: planetary dynamics, star-cluster dynamics and galactic dynamics. A few optional numerical problems/tasks will be available.

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3) Lecture: Astrophysics of galaxies (astro821)

Time and place:

Thursdays 15:00-18:00, HS Astronomie (lectures)

Start date:

April 11th 2013

Lecturers:

Pavel Kroupa

Tutors:

Mathias Kruckow, Fabian Lueghausen, Christine Schulz

Tutorials (begin: )

To be organised

Hours per week:

Lectures: 3 hours per week, Exercise classes: 1 hpw (but exercise classes are offered for 2 hpw)

Exam (written):

25th July, 14:00-16:00, Room 0.008
Repeat: October 10th, 10:30am-12:30am, Room 0.008


If you want to repeat the exam, send an e-mail to pavel kroupa with Subject "ApGal 2nd exam"
and register on time with the Pruefungsamt.
The exam needs to be taken by those who need a "Schein" and/or credit points.
This course is worth 6 credit points.

Prerequisites:

The following lectures ought to have been attended:
Introduction to Astronomy I and II,
Stars and Stellar Evolution,
The Inter-Stellar Medium

Contents:

Schedule

Literature:



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Seminar on stars, stellar systems and galaxies (astro893)

Time and place:

Tuesdays, 16:16-18:00, Room 3.010

Instructors:

P.Kroupa, Jan Pflamm-Altenburg, Rob Izzard (schedule organised by I. Thies)

Scheine / certificates:

This course is worth 4 credit points. The corresponding certificate ("Schein") is awarded if the student (a) attends the seminar and (b) holds a presentation. The certificate can be picked up in the office of Mrs Elisabeth Danne on the third floor at the end of the semester.

For:

10th semester and upwards

Hours per week:

2

Contents:

Current research problems (the past presentations are found here )

Literature:

The newest research papers

Comments:

Students and postdocs meet once a week for a presentation and discussion of a relevant recent and published research results.

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Seminar on theoretical dynamics

Time and place:

Fridays, 14:14-16:00 (or according to arrangement - please check with P.Kroupa), Room 3.010

Instructor:

P.Kroupa, Jan Pflamm-Altenburg

Scheine / certificates:

This course is worth 4 credit points. The corresponding certificate ("Schein") is awarded if the student (a) attends the seminar and (b) holds a presentation. The certificate can be picked up in the office of Mrs Elisabeth Danne on the third floor at the end of the semester.

For:

Diploma/masters students and upwards

Hours per week:

2

Contents:

Comments:

Students and post-docs present the current state of their own research to a critical audience.


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Seminar on theoretical dynamics B

Time and place:

During the lecture-free time: Tuesdays 16:16-18:00 or Fridays, 14:14-16:00 (or according to arrangement - please check with P.Kroupa), usually Room 3.010

Instructor:

P.Kroupa

For:

Diploma/masters students and upwards

Hours per week:

2

Contents:

Comments:

Students and post-docs present the current state of their own research to a critical audience.


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Learning to use Nbody6/Superbox

Time and place:

Throughout the year in the institute

Instructor:

Tutors

For:

Masters/PhD students and upwards

Contents:

Comments:

The learning sessions take place with other students/postdocs acquainted with the codes, and intend to prepare the participants for research problems needing stellar dynamics as a tool (e.g. for the interpretation of GAIA data).



The above two images show the Nbody class on February 10th, 2010, organised and lead by Andreas Kuepper and Seungkyung Oh, on the 3rd floor of the Argelander-Institute.



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Advanced Lab Course - Photometry of Star Clusters (physics601)

(developed by Andreas Kuepper and Xun Shi)

Time and place:

Throughout the year in the institute

Instructor:

Tutors

For:

Masters students (physics and astrophysics)

Contents:

Comments:

See the details here.


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