Lecture Date |
Topic |
Reading |
Observational facts |
| Aug. 27 |
Astronomical observations: Fluxes & magnitudes, and spectroscopy |
Sec. 2.1.1-2.1.2 |
| Aug. 29 |
Distance measurements and Stars |
Sec. 2.1.3-2.2 |
| Sept. 3 |
Galaxy classification, and Elliptical and spiral galaxies |
Sec. 2.3.1-2.3.3 |
| Sept. 5 |
Spiral galaxies, Statistical properties of the galaxy population, and Galaxy clusters |
Sec. 2.3.3-2.5.1 |
| Sept. 10 |
Galaxy clusters, high-redshift galaxies, and large-scale structure |
Sec. 2.5.1-2.7.1 |
Star formation and chemical evolution in galaxies |
| Sept. 12 |
Giant molecular clouds |
Sec. 9.1-9.2 |
| Sept. 17 |
SFE and the formation of low-mass stars |
Sec. 9.3-9.4.1 |
| Sept. 19 |
The formation of massive stars, Empirical star formation laws, and the IMF |
Sec. 9.4.2-9.6 |
| Sept. 24 |
Pop III stars and Stellar evolution |
Sec. 9.7-10.2.2 |
| Sept. 26 |
Post-MS evolution and Stellar population synthesis |
Sec. 10.2.2-10.3.7 |
| Oct. 1 |
Chemical evolution of galaxies and stellar feedback |
Sec. 10.3.8-10.5 |
Spiral galaxies |
| Oct. 3 |
Mass components, angular momentum, and the formation of spiral galaxies |
Sec. 11.1-11.2 |
| Oct. 8 |
Origin of disk scaling relations, exponential disks, and the basic equations of disk instabilities |
Sec. 11.3-11.5.1 |
| Oct. 10 |
Disk instabilities |
Sec. 11.5.1-11.5.3 |
| Oct. 15 |
No class - Fall break! |
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| Oct. 17 |
Disk instabilities, the formation of spiral arms, and stellar population properties |
Sec. 11.5.4-11.7 |
Galaxy interactions and transformations |
| Oct. 22 |
Chemical evolution, High speed encounters, tidal stripping, and dynamical friction |
Sec. 11.8-12.3 |
| Oct. 24 |
Dynamical friction, Galaxy merging and the transformation of cluster galaxies |
Sec. 12.3-12.5.1 |
Elliptical galaxies |
| Oct. 29 |
Transformation of cluster galaxies, and the structure and dynamics of elliptical galaxies |
Sec. 12.5.2-13.1 |
| Oct. 31 |
The formation of elliptical galaxies, Observational test and constraints, the Fundamental Plane, Stellar population properties and bulges, dEs, and dSphs |
Sec. 13.2-13.6 |
AGN |
| Nov. 5 |
The AGN population and the SMBH paradigm |
Sec. 14.1-14.2.1 |
| Nov. 7 |
The SMBH paradigm |
Sec. 14.2 |
| Nov. 12 |
AGN formation, evolution, and connection to galaxy formation |
Sec. 14.3-14.4 |
Statistical properties of the galaxy population |
| Nov. 14 |
Galaxy luminosities and stellar masses |
Sec. 15.1-15.2 |
| Nov. 19 |
Linking halo mass to luminosity and SFH |
Sec. 15.3-15.4 |
| Nov. 21 |
Environmental dependence, spatial clustering, and galaxy bias |
Sec. 15.5-15.7 |
| Nov. 26 |
No class! |
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| Nov. 28 |
No class - Thanksgiving break! |
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| Dec. 3 |
In-class presentations |
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| Dec. 5 |
In-class presentations |
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