280143 PR Practical training in numerical astronomy (2008S)

8.00 ECTS (4.00 SWS), SPL 28 - Erdwissenschaften, Meteorologie - Geophysik und

Continuous assessment of course work

Do. 15:30 - 18:30

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Language: German

Lecturers

Christian Theis

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Aims, contents and method of the course

Using examples from numerical astronomy the course gives an introduction into scientific programming. The programming language of thecourse is Fortran which still is widely used in astrophysics. The programming will be done on a Unix (Linux) operating system. The numericalexamples are taken from stellar astronomy (e.g. structure of a White dwarf) and extragalactic astronomy (e.g. interacting galaxies).

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Association in the course directory

M102

28.01. Astronomie

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