Prof. Dr. Thomas Preibisch

Universitäts- Sternwarte München

Lehrveranstaltungen im Wintersemester 2018/19

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

Lecture: Tuesday 10:15−11:45 & Thursday 14:15−15:45
Start: Tuesday, 16 October 2018
Schellingstr. 4, Seminarraum H 537

Tutorials: Several tutorial groups will be offered. For dates and rooms see the Lecture website and note that all tutorials will be held at the University Observatory, Scheinerstraße 1.

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 4 December), held by Prof. Thomas Preibisch and Prof. TIl Birnstiel:

• 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 6 December) will cover the topics of Galaxies, Structure of the Universe, and Cosmology and will be held by Prof. Walter Dehnen.

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

The recommended book that has been adopted as the main module text for the first part of the lecture is:
Carroll & Ostlie: An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics,
2nd Edition (September 2017), 1359 pages,
Cambridge University Press, ISBN: 9781108422161