Prof. Dr. Thomas Preibisch

Universitäts- Sternwarte München

Lehrveranstaltungen im Wintersemester 2015/16

Lecture: Essentials of Advanced Astrophysics (4 hours lecture plus 2 hours tutorial)

Thursday 14:00 to 15:30 (Start: 15 October 2015) & Tuesday 10:00 to 11:30 (Start: 20 October 2015)
Schellingstr. 4, Seminarraum H 537

This lecture for Master of Astrophysics and Master of Physics students will give an introduction into the whole field of astrophysics.

The following topics will be covered in the first part of the lecture (until 1 December), held by Prof. Thomas Preibisch:

• Introduction, Solar System
• Coordinate Systems and Celestial Mechanics
• Telescopes and Instruments
• Matter and Radiation
• Stars: Global Properties and Spectra
• Stellar Structure
• Stellar Surfaces and Magnetic Activity
• Stellar Evolution and Final Stages
• Interstellar Medium
• Star and Planet Formation

The second part of the lecture (from 3 December until 4 February) will cover the topics of Galaxies, Structure of the Universe, and Cosmology and will be held by Prof. Joseph Mohr.

The PDFs of the lecture slides and the tutorial problem sets are available at this link until the end of the lecture period.