Prof. Dr. Thomas Preibisch

Universitäts-
Sternwarte
München

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Lehrveranstaltungen im Sommersemester 2022

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

Module P1.1 and P1.2 for the Master of Science in Astrophysics

Lecture: Tuesday 09:45−11:15 & Thursday 14:15−15:45
Start: Tuesday, 26 April 2022

The first half of the lecture will be performed with an inverted classroom concept. Further information is available on the Lecture website

Tutorials: Several tutorial groups will be offered. For dates and rooms see the Lecture website.

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 9 June), held by Prof. Thomas Preibisch:

The second part of the lecture will cover the topics of Galaxies, Structure of the Universe, and Cosmology and will be held by Prof. Joseph Mohr.


The lecture materials and further information about the organization of the lecture are available (but password-protected) at this link until the date of the final exam.
The required password will be sent to all registered participant by e-mail.


Recommended Literature:

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

As a supplementary reading for the module, we recommend the books

Hale Bradt: Astrophysics Processes
Cambridge University Press, ISBN: 9781107677241

and

Hale Bradt: Astronomy Methods
Cambridge University Press, ISBN: 9780521535519

(Note: both books are available for LMU students from the University Library)