Astrophysics of Galaxies


Pavel Kroupa

Thursdays, 15:00-18:00, HS Astronomie


Note: problem sheets become available on the day of the lecture. Their due date is written on the exercise sheet.



10.04.25
I. Introduction - Relaxation vs virialisation time (ApGal_I_introd.pdf, 34MB; Problems_I.pdf)
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17.04.
II.+III. Observables, galaxy parameters, scaling relations (ApGal_II_III_obsparam.pdf, 29MB; Problems_II.pdf; Problems_III.pdf)
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24.04.
IV. CBE, Jeans equations, dynamics of spheroidal systems (ApGal_IV.pdf, 3MB; Problems_IV.pdf)
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01.05. (First of May)
no lecture ---
08.05.
V. Distribution functions and some of their properties (ApGal_V.pdf, 3MB; Problems_V_new.pdf)
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15.05.
VI. Rotating E galaxies, dynamical friction (ApGal_VI.pdf, 6MB; Problems_VI.pdf); movies
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22.05.
VII. Which law of gravitation 1? (ApGal_VII.pdf, 1.4MB; Problems_VII_new.pdf)
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29.05. (Christi Himmelfahrt)
no lecture ---
05.06.
VIII. Which law of gravitation 2? (ApGal_VIII.pdf, 1.4MB; Problems_VIII_new.pdf)
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12.06. (lecture free week)
no lecture
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19.06. (Corpus Christi)
no lecture ---
26.06. PK at Como School
no lecture
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03.07.
IX. The new universal law of gravitation, and disk galaxies (ApGal_IX.pdf 16MB; Problems_IX_new.pdf)
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10.07.
X. Galaxy evolution (ApGal_X.pdf, 6MB, Problems_X.pdf)
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17.07.
XI. The formation of SMBHs (ApGal_XI.pdf 6MB)
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24.07. 1st EXAM (15:00-18:00, HS AIfA)
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09.10. Repeat EXAM (15:00-18:00, HS AIfA)
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