| Date |
Topic |
Reading materials |
| 1/28, 2/2 |
Overview and introduction (lecture notes) What are galaxies, and why do we want to study them? Basic facts about galaxies Galaxies in a cosmological context |
Chapter 1 (SG) Chapter 1 (Shu) |
| 2/4, 2/9, 2/11 |
Astronomical observations (lecture notes) Photometric observations Spectroscopic observation Measuring distances |
Chapter 1 (SG) Chapters 2, 3 (Shu) |
| 2/18 |
In-class quiz |
|
| 2/2/23, 2/25, 3/2 |
Basic properties of stars (lecture notes) Stellar population Stellar evolution Stellar spectra and spectral synthesis |
Chapters 1, 2 (SG) Chapters 5,8 (Shu) |
| 3/4, 3/9 |
The interstellar medium (lecture notes) The basic components Cold neutral gas Molecular gas Dust extinctions HII regions |
Chapter 2 (SG) Chapter 11 (Shu) |
| 3/11 |
In-class quiz |
|
| Spring Recess |
||
| 3/23, 3/25, 3/30 |
How stars move in galaxies? (lecture notes) Orbits of stars in galaxies Virial theorem Jeans equations and applications |
Chapter 3 (SG) |
| 4/1, 4/6, 4/8,4/13 |
Spiral galaxies (lecture notes) Basic components The formation of spiral arm structure Rotation curves and dark matter halos Scaling relations Gas and star formation |
Chapter 5 (SG) |
| 4/15 |
In-class quiz |
|
| 4/21, 4/22, 4/27 |
Elliptical galaxies (lecture notes) Basic structure Stellar population and gas Kinematic properties Scaling relations Probing dark matter with gravitational lensing |
Chapter 6 (SG) |
| 4/29 |
In class quiz |
|
| 5/4, 5/6, 5/11 |
Presentations |