Mondays, 14-16: In this class you will be required to write small computer programs to solve physical problems. This will be done incrementally in small steps, so if you have only little programming experience to date you will have the opportunity to pick this up. (Like all important skills, this will require some effort and lots of experimentation from your side.) But keep in mind that programming is not the main aspect of these tutorials — understanding physics is.
You will need
You can also do your calculations (remotely, via ssh) on the computers of the LMU Physik CIP Pool.
| Tutorial number | Content | Date |
|---|---|---|
| T0 | Introduction to the shell and gnuplot | 2025-10-13 |
| T1 | Units and acceleration; first program | 2025-10-20 |
| T2 | Gravitational forces; vectors and loops | 2025-10-27 |
| T3 | Euler integrator | 2025-11-03 |
| T4 | Euler and other integrators | 2025-11-10 |
| T5 | Kepler fitting | 2025-11-17 |
| T6 | Multiple (test) particles and extended potentials | 2025-11-24 |
| T7 | General 3-body problem (ejection, softening) | 2025-12-01 |
| T8 | Lagrange points (restricted 3-body problem) | 2025-12-08 |
| T9 | General N-body problem (free-fall collapse) | 2025-12-15 |
| T10 | Dynamical friction | 2026-01-13 |
| T11 | Colliding galaxies | 2026-01-20 |
| T12 | Visualization of galaxies in cosmological simulations | 2026-01-27 |
As Hausarbeit is not longer possible since WS23/24, there will be a written exams!
The exam is planned to be on 5.02.26 (date can still change) and will be at the same time and location as the lecture, so 14–16, USM Lecture hall. Some bonus points from the submitted discussion sheets at the beginning of the Tutorials will be incorporated.