Lecture Date |
Topic |
Reading |
Observational facts |
| Sept. 1 |
Astronomical observations: Fluxes & magnitudes, and spectroscopy |
Sec. 2.1.1-2.1.2 |
| Sept. 6 |
Astronomical observations: Distance measurements |
Sec. 2.1.3 |
| Sept. 8 |
Stars, Galaxy classification, and Elliptical and spiral galaxies |
Sec. 2.2-2.3.3 |
| Sept. 13 |
Spiral galaxies, Statistical properties of the galaxy population, and Galaxy clusters |
Sec. 2.3.3-2.5.1 |
| Sept. 15 |
Galaxy groups, high-redshift galaxies, and large-scale structure |
Sec. 2.5.2-2.7 |
Star formation and chemical evolution in galaxies |
| Sept. 20 |
Giant molecular clouds |
Sec. 9.1-9.2 |
| Sept. 22 |
SFE and the formation of low-mass stars |
Sec. 9.3-9.4.1 |
| Sept. 27 |
The formation of massive stars, empirical star formation laws, and the IMF |
Sec. 9.4.2-9.6 |
| Sept. 29 |
Pop III stars and stellar evolution |
Sec. 9.7-10.2.1 |
| Oct. 4 |
Post-MS evolution and stellar population synthesis |
Sec. 10.2.2-10.3.7 |
| Oct. 6 |
Chemical evolution of galaxies and stellar feedback |
Sec. 10.3.8-10.5 |
Spiral galaxies |
| Oct. 11 |
No class! |
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| Oct. 13 |
Stellar energy feedback & mass components of spiral galaxies |
Sec. 10.5-11.1.2 |
| Oct. 18 |
Angular momentum, the formation of spiral galaxies, origin of disk scaling relations, and exponential disks |
Sec. 11.1.3-11.4.3 |
| Oct. 20 |
Class canceled |
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| Oct. 25 |
Thick disks & disk instabilities |
Sec. 11.4.3-11.5.1 |
| Oct. 27 |
Disk instabilities |
Sec. 11.5.2-11.5.4 |
| Nov. 1 |
The formation of spiral arms and stellar population properties |
Sec. 11.5.4-11.7.1 |
Galaxy interactions and transformations |
| Nov. 3 |
Chemical evolution, High speed encounters, and tidal stripping |
Sec. 11.7.2-12.2.2 |
| Nov. 4 |
Dynamical friction and Galaxy merging |
Sec. 12.2.2-12.4.3 |
Elliptical galaxies |
| Nov. 8 |
No class! |
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| Nov. 10 |
Transformations of cluster galaxies and the structure of elliptical galaxies |
Sec. 12.4.4-13.1.5 |
| Nov. 15 |
Elliptical galaxy dynamics & formation, the Fundamental Plane, & Stellar population properties |
Sec. 13.1.6-13.5.2 |
AGN |
| Nov. 17 |
Bulges, dwarf ellipticals, dwarf spheroidals, and the AGN population |
Sec. 13.5.3-14.1 |
| Nov. 18 |
The SMBH paradigm |
Sec. 14.2-14.2.3, 14.2.7 |
| Nov. 22 |
No class! |
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| Nov. 29 |
The SMBH paradigm, formation, evolution, and connection to galaxy formation |
Sec. 14.2.4-14.2.6, 14.3-14.4 |
Statistical properties of the galaxy population |
| Dec. 1 |
Galaxy luminosities |
Sec. 15.1-15.2.2 |
| Dec. 6 |
Linking halo mass to luminosity and Environmental dependence |
Sec. 15.3-15.5 |
| Dec. 8 |
In-class presentations |
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| Dec. 13 |
In-class presentations |
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