SUBJECT
Title
Extragalactic astrophysics
Type of instruction
lecture
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
3
Recommended in
Semester 2
Typically offered in
Spring semester
Course description
75 percent of the lecture covers topics related to galactic dynamics, including: collisionless Boltzmann-equation, properties of elliptical galaxies, vertical and horizontal structure of disk galaxies. The remaining few lectures cover various other subjects, like: large-scale structure of the Universe, galaxy clusters and quasars.
Readings
required readings:
James Binney, Scott Tremaine: Galactic Dynamics (Princeton University Press, 2008)
recommended readings:
Peter Schneider: Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology: An Introduction (Springer, 2010)