Universität Wien

280503 VU PM-Astr The primordial Universe (PI) (2019S)

Continuous assessment of course work

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Details

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

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The Formation of Primordial Stars, Supernovae, and Quasars:
-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

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