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On
the internet (Caution: beware of internet rubbish) |
in Sparke and
Gallagher 2nd ed, 2007 |
in Carroll
and Ostlie 2nd ed, 2006 |
in Binney and Tremaine 2nd ed, 2008 |
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1 | Tue 10 January | Introduction. Distance Scale. Spiral and Ellptical galaxies. | Download | |||
2 | Fri 13 January | Dynamical timescales: crossing time, relaxation time. | Download
(Pages 1-14) |
3.2 |
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3 | Tue 17 January | Dynamics in a spherical potential: Virial theorem: use of finding mass of spherical systems | 3.1 |
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Fri
20 January |
Dynamics in a spherical potential: circular velocity, escape velocity, dark matter | 3.1 |
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5 | Tue 24 January | Dynamics in a spherical potential: Isothermal sphere | Download
(Pages 15-27) |
2.2 |
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6 | Fri
27 January |
Two-body central force problem: Poisson's equation: potential and density pairs | 3.3 |
2.2 |
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7 | Tue
31 January |
Two-body
central force
problem: dynamics of stars in a central potential. `effective potential |
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8 | Fri 3 February | Stellar orbits in spherical potentials. Closed orbits. Bertrand's theorem. | Download
(Pages 15-27) |
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9 | Tue
14 February |
Spiral structure in disk galaxies: winding dilemma | 5.5 |
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10 | Fri 17 February | Spiral structure in disk galaxies: epicycles, density waves | 5.5 |
6.1 |
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11 | Tue 21 February | Galaxy evolution: Scaling relations of galaxies: Faber Jackson (Ellipticals) and Tully-Fisher (Spiral) relations. | Download
(Pages 28-29) |
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12 | Wed 22 February 11am Extra Lecture (Nuff G13) |
Galaxy evolution: Processes that influence galaxy transformation: Dynamical Friction; Tidal disruption. | Download | 7.1 |
8.1. 8.3 |
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13 | Fri 24 February | Supermassive black holes in galaxies: The black hole at the centre of the Milky way | Download | 9 |
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14 | Tue 28 February | Supermassive black holes in galaxies: active galactic nuclei | Download | |||||
15 | Fri 2 March | Supermassive black holes in galaxies: active galactic nuclei | Download | |||||
16 | Tue 6 March | Galaxy formation: Collapse of gas cloud; Jeans mass and length | Download | 2.4 | ||||
17 | Fri 9 March | Star formation in galaxies |
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18 | Tue 13 March | Star formation in galaxies: ways of measuring, triggers of star formation |
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Fri 16 March | Star formation in galaxies: how to kill galaxies | Download | |||||
20 | Tue 20 March | Processes that stop star formation: ram pressure stripping, strangulation, tidal stripping, harassment |
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21 | Fri 23 March | Jeans mass in an expanding Universe: galaxy formation |
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