Astrophysics of Galaxies

K.S. de Boer,   M. Hilker,   P. Kroupa,   H. Baumgardt

This class is one for the "Vertiefungsfach" Astrophysics

This class is part of the Bonn International Physics Programme

Will be held in the ``Summersemester'': 3 SWS

Monday 15 - 18 hr,   Astron. Inst.   room 1.11

Exercises: Friday 9.30 hr (s.t.),   Astron. Inst.   room 3.19

Contents:

I Introduction some history (Herschel, Kapteyn, Shapley, Baade)
observables, stars (spec, phot, v_rad, p.m.)
gas (I, v_rad, excit, H II, H I; rehearsal class ISM)
stellar evolution (rehearsal class SSE), LF, IMF
II Solar neigbourhood d, v_rad, p.m, Oort diff. rot.
Hyades, Goulds Belt, Local hot bubble
III Milky Way size, shape, dynamics
R_0, v_rot, rotation curve, z-distribution
IV Stellar dynamics Boltzmann, Jeans asymm.drift
binary and multiple stars, energy exchanges in star clusters
V Star cluster dynamics star-cluster birth and death
origin of galactic-field population
VI The local environment Satellites of the MW
HVCs, LMC, SMC, dSph
Nearby galaxy groups
VII Galaxy Nuclei Galactic Centre: radio, opt-NIR; the central BH
Active galactic nuclei
VIII Gas content of galaxies ISM and IGM; gas physics
IX Disk galaxies Spirals, group environment
M31, M81, surface brightness profiles
X Dynamics of starbursts and
galaxy collisions 		gas expulsion, relaxation of massive clusters
merging of multiple clusters
birth of dwarf galaxies
XI Spheroidal Galaxies Ellipticals, cluster environment
globular cluster systems, luminosity function
X-ray halos, virial theorem, DM
XII Galaxy evolution colour evolution, chemical enrichment
galactic winds, infall hypothesis
XIII Dynamics of ellipticals theory
XIV Dark matter or not Concepts of dark matter, MOND

Literature

Sparke & Gallagher Galaxies in the Universe
ISBN 0-521-59740-4 (ca. 36 US$)
Binney & Merrifield Galactic Astronomy ISBN 0-691-02565-7 (ca. 40 US$)
Binney & Tremaine Galactic Dynamics ISBN 0-691-08445-9 (ca. 50 US$)
Gilmore, King, & van der Kruit The Milky Way as a Galaxy
Freeman & Bland Hawthorne The new galaxy (ARAA 40)

List of questions

A list of questions is available under this link. These question are useful for the preparation of the oral exam at the end of the class as well as for the diploma exams.

ECTS

To fulfill the ECTS requirements the exercises have to be performed satisfactory and a 15-20 min exam has to be passed.
Tel. +49-228-733669/ 733655      (Fax. +49-228-733672)
e-mail:   mhilker@astro.uni-bonn.de

You may refer back to:   Sternwarte Bonn,   Astronomische Institute der Univ. Bonn,   Fachgruppe Physik-Astronomie

Last update: 2005.03.31