280501 VU PM-Astr Dwarf Galaxies - their role for understanding galaxy evolution (PI) (2019S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 28 - Erdwissenschaften, Meteorologie - Geophysik und

Continuous assessment of course work

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from We 13.02.2019 10:00 to We 27.02.2019 23:59
Registration is open from Fr 01.03.2019 10:00 to Th 14.03.2019 23:59
Deregistration possible until Th 14.03.2019 23:59

Details

max. 15 participants

Language: German

Lecturers

Gerhard Hensler

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Thursday 07.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
Thursday 14.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
Thursday 21.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
Thursday 28.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
Thursday 04.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
Thursday 11.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
Thursday 02.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
Thursday 09.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
Thursday 16.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
Thursday 23.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
Thursday 06.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
Thursday 13.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
Thursday 27.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

That dwarf galaxies are postulated as cosmological building blocks of the massive galaxies and that they outrange by number all morphological galaxy types, make them extremely interesting astrophysical objects. They span a wide mass range of several orders of magnitude but do not simply appear as small editions of the massive Hubble galaxies. Because of their low masses they are sensitive to energetic perturbations, internally as e.g. by supernova explosions, and also externally by environmental effects. Because they exist in different environments with a large structural variety, they serve as ideal testbeds for astrophysical processes. This lecture will at first classify the morphological types of dwarf galaxies and correlate their properties with their existence as satellites of massiv galaxies, their role in galaxy clusters and in the field, and illuminate their possible formation path in tidal tails of major interacting galaxies.
Lecture and presentations in English!

Assessment and permitted materials

Selected topics of formation, evolution, and structure of Dwarf Galaxies will be eleborated from the literature and presented by talks.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

current or successfully completed master study in Astronomy;
Interest and knowledges in extragalactic Astrophysics: Completed Bachelor study.

Examination topics

Reading list

Grundlagen:
Proceed. Symp. 3 at JENAM 2010 in Lisbon, “Dwarf Galaxies – Keys to Galaxy Formation and Evolution”, 2012, P. Papaderos, S. Recchi, & G. HENSLER (eds.), Springer Publ., ISBN 978-3-642-22017-3
und neueste Literatur

Association in the course directory

PM-Astr Emphasis in Astronomy (24 ECTS)

Master Astronomy (861 [3] - Version 2016) ➡ Emphasis (38 ECTS)

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