Astrophysics of Galaxies


Pavel Kroupa

Usually Fridays 14:00-17:00, sometimes Thursdays, 15:15-18:15; HS Astronomie





Thursday 16.04.26
I. Introduction - Relaxation vs virialisation time (ApGal_I_introd.pdf)
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Friday 24.04.
II.+III. Observables, galaxy parameters, scaling relations (ApGal_II_III_obsparam.pdf)
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Thursday 30.04.
IV. CBE, Jeans equations, dynamics of spheroidal systems (ApGal_IV.pdf)
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Friday 08.05.
V. Distribution functions and some of their properties (ApGal_V.pdf)
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Friday 15.05.
no lecture ---
Friday 22.05.
VI. Rotating E galaxies, dynamical friction / movies (ApGal_VI.pdf)
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Friday 29.05. (lecture free week)
no lecture ---
Friday 05.06.
VII. Which law of gravitation 1? (ApGal_VII.pdf)
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Friday 12.06.
VIII. Which law of gravitation 2? (ApGal_VIII.pdf)
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Friday 19.06.
IX. The new universal law of gravitation, and disk galaxies (ApGal_IX.pdf 16MB)
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Friday 26.06.
X. Galaxy evolution (ApGal_X.pdf, 6MB, Problems_X.pdf)
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Friday 03.07.
XI. The formation of SMBHs (ApGal_XI.pdf)
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Friday 10.07.
XII. perhaps a rehearsal session
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Friday 17.07.
XIII. perhaps a rehearsal session
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Thursday 23.07. 1st EXAM (15:30-18:30, HS AIfA)
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Friday 09.10. Repeat EXAM (14:00-17:00, HS AIfA)
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