| The Universe of Galaxies 2005 | |
| Jan 25 Tue |
=10:00-11:45 room FL74
[=1st lecture=]
Basic concepts in physics and astrophysics relevant to this course. Measuring distances in our Galaxy. |
| Jan 27 Thu |
=13:15-15:00 room FL74
[=2nd lecture=]
Remainder of basic facts about stellar structure and evolution. General view of our Galaxy. |
| Feb 01 Tue |
=10:00-11:45 room FL74
[=3rd lecture=]
Understanding distribution of matter and rotation in our Galaxy. Matter distribution in our Galaxy: dark matter, spiral structure. |
| Feb 03 Thu |
=13:15-15:00 room FL74
[=4th lecture=]
Morphological and physical properties of normal galaxies. How "normal" are such galaxies? |
| Feb 08 Tue |
=10:00-11:45 room FL74
[=5th lecture=]
Fundamental concepts relevant to astrophysics of black holes. Circular motion around black holes. Efficiency of accretion. Eddington luminosity. |
| Feb 10 Thu |
=13:15-15:00 room FL74
[=6th lecture=]
Basic observational facts about Quasars and other active galactic nuclei. Jets, superluminal motion. |
| Feb 15 Tue |
=10:00-11:45 room FL74
[=7th lecture=]
Accretion disks around supermassive black holes. |
| Feb 17 Thu |
=13:15-15:00 room FL74
[=8th lecture=]
Observational cosmology: redshift - magnitude and redshift - angular size relations. Microwave background radiation. |
| Feb 22 Tue |
=10:00-11:45 room FL74
[=9th lecture=]
Cosmological models. Critical density. |
| Feb 24 Thu |
=13:15-15:00 room FL74
[=10th lecture=]
Dark matter. Dark energy. |
| Mar 01 Tue | =NO LECTURE TODAY [=due to MTS days=] |
| Mar 03 Thu |
=13:15-15:00 room FL74
[=11th lecture=]
The Big Bang and the history of the Universe. |
| Mar 08 Tue |
=10:00-11:45 room FL74
[=12th lecture=]
Problems with the Big Bang cosmology. Inflation. |
| Mar 10 Thu |
=13:15-15:00 room FL74
[=13th lecture=]
Formation of structures in the Universe. |