Lecture: The physics of dense stellar systems and the origin of stellar populations

    
                                                                    Pavel Kroupa
                                                    Argelander-Institut  fuer  Astronomie, Universitaet Bonn


Mondays 15:15 - 17:00,  Room: 3.010

Schedule:


08.10.2012
1. Start and introduction (densesystems_1.pdf)
15.10.
2. Simple concepts: crossing time, relaxation time, properties of clusters (densesystems_2.pdf)
22.10.
3. Collisionless Boltzmann equation, Jeans equation (densesystems_3.pdf)
29.10.
4. Discretising/making clusters (densesystems_4.pdf)
05.11.
5. The Plummer model, escape velocity, dynamical equilibrium, dynamical states, Fokker-Planck description (densesystems_5.pdf)
12.11.
6. Mass segregation (densesystems_6.pdf)
19.11.
7. Negative specific heat capacity, gravothermal catastropy, evaporation, ejections, simple cluster evolution model densesystems_7.pdf)
26.11.
8. Tidal field, tidal radius, evolution and scaling (densesystems_8.pdf)
03.12.
No lecture (Second Aarseth N-body meeting)
10.12.
9. The stellar mass distribution (densesystems_9.pdf)
17.12.
10. The origin of the IMF, and the properties of binary stars (densesystems_10.pdf)
22.12.2012-04.01.2013
lecture free time
07.01.2013
11. The initial binary population (densesystems_11.pdf)
14.01.
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21.01.
12. The birth and early evolution of star clusters and some implications for the astrophysics of galaxies (densesystems_12.pdf)
28.01.
13. Remaining material; open questions
04.02.2013
Written exam