Astrophysical Dyamics [PHY517]
Lectures:
Tuesday, 10:15 - 12:00, Y13 M 82
Thursday, 10:15 - 12:00, Y36 K 08
Exercise classes:
Wednesday, 10:00 - 10:45, Y36 K 08
Link to the UZH page of this course.
For the collisionless (stellar) dynamics part of the course,
go to Justin
Read's webpage, where you can download his pdf notes. Here below you
can find Lucio's lecture slides in pdf, and problem sets.
Introduction to the Galaxy and its ISM
Properties of molecular clouds - Virial Theorem
Radiative transfer - Einstein coefficients
Scattering - Cooling I
Cooling II - Heating - Thermal balance
Isothermal sphere - Jeans instability
Jeans analysis - Protostellar collapse
Stellar structure
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Problem sets: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6
For any help, look for Simone in Y36 K 05, or send him an email.