280503 VU PM-Astr The primordial Universe (PI) (2019S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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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
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max. 50 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
First lecture will be on March 8th.
- Friday 08.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Littrow-Hörsaal Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
- Friday 15.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Littrow-Hörsaal Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
- Friday 22.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Littrow-Hörsaal Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
- Friday 29.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Littrow-Hörsaal Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
- Friday 05.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Littrow-Hörsaal Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
- Friday 12.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Littrow-Hörsaal Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
- Friday 03.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Littrow-Hörsaal Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
- Friday 10.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Littrow-Hörsaal Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
- Friday 17.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Littrow-Hörsaal Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
- Friday 24.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Littrow-Hörsaal Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
- Friday 31.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Littrow-Hörsaal Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
- Friday 07.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Littrow-Hörsaal Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
- Friday 14.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Littrow-Hörsaal Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
- Friday 21.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Littrow-Hörsaal Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
- Friday 28.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Littrow-Hörsaal Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Discussions, presentations, exercises. Will be explained in 1st lecture.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Open to upper division undergrad, masters and Ph.D. students. Minimum prerequisites: STEOP, Astrophysics 1 & 2.
Examination topics
Lecture scripts and papers
Reading list
Will be given in lectures
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:42
-collapse of dark matter and gas into cosmic halos, filaments and voids
-non-equilibrium primordial gas chemistry and H2 formation pathways
-virialization, H2 cooling, and primordial (Pop III) star formation
-H II regions of the First Stars
-Pop III SNe: central engines, explosive nucleosynthesis, mixing and fallback
-Early chemical enrichment by the first cosmic explosions
-Formation of the first water in the universe in Pop III SNRs
-Supermassive Pop III star formation
-Origins of the first quasars (direct-collapse black hole (DCBH) birth;
runaway collisions in dense nuclear clusters; Pop III star BHs)
-How do BHs reach a billion solar masses by z ~ 7? (cold accretion flows, mergers with gas-rich halos, violent galactic mergers)
-Feedback regulated growth of the first supermassive black holes (SMBHs)
-Prospects for detection of Pop III SNe and quasars in the coming decade