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. Observables, galaxy parameters, scaling relations (ApGal_II.pdf)
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Thursday 30.04.
III. Observables, CBE, Jeans equations systems (ApGal_III.pdf)
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Friday 08.05.
IV. Spheroidal systems, virial equations, satellite galaxies (ApGal_IV.pdf)
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Friday 15.05. (via zoom)
V. Simple phase-space distribution functions, E galaxies, disk galaxies and their formation / movies (ApGal_V.pdf)
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Friday 22.05.
VI. Chandrasekhar dynamical friction. Using it to test for dark matter (ApGal_VI.pdf)
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Friday 29.05.
no lecture (lecture free week) ---
Friday 05.06. (via zoom)
VII. Chandrasekhar dynamical friction and the Milky Way satellites, their substructures, gravitational potentials around galaxies, tidal tails of star clusters as tests of gravitation (ApGal_VII.pdf)
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Friday 12.06.
VIII. .... (ApGal_VIII.pdf)
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Friday 19.06.
IX. .... (ApGal_IX.pdf 16MB)
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Friday 26.06.
X. .... (ApGal_X.pdf, 6MB)
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Friday 03.07.
XI. .... (ApGal_XI.pdf)
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Friday 10.07.
XII. ....(ApGal_XII.pdf)
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Friday 17.07.
XIII. .... (ApGal_XIII.pdf)
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Friday 24.07.
XIV. .... (ApGal_XIV.pdf)
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Friday 07.08. 1st EXAM (14:00-17:00, HS AIfA)
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Friday 09.10. Repeat EXAM (14:00-17:00, HS AIfA)
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