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450101 VU COSMOS Topic: Solids in Space: dust, disks, meteorites and the early solar system (2023S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 45 - Doktoratsstudium Geowissenschaften, Geographie und Astronomie
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

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Details

Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Starting on 08.03, 11:30
22.03: Hands-on session - meteorite microscopy will take place at the Geosciences center (UZAII), exact times TBD
19.04: Visit to the meteorite collection of the NHM, exact times TBD

  • Wednesday 01.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Wednesday 08.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Wednesday 15.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Wednesday 22.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Wednesday 29.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Wednesday 19.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Wednesday 26.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Wednesday 03.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Wednesday 10.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Wednesday 17.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Wednesday 24.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Wednesday 31.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Wednesday 07.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Wednesday 14.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Wednesday 21.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Wednesday 28.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Absorption, emission and scattering from dust - from molecular clouds to planets - Meteorite types and their formation - Chondrites as sources of information on the early solar system - Calcium Aluminum -rich Inclusions (CAIS) - Pre-solar grains - Star Dust - Dust formation around red giant stars, supernovae etc. - Excursion to the meteorite collection of the Natural History Museum - Hands-on microscopy studies of thin meteorite sections.
Dr. Julia Walter-Roszjar (NHM) will participate as guest lecturer (in particular for the topic meteorites)

Assessment and permitted materials

presentation of related papers, active participation in microscopy session and discussions

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Grades will be assessed on: Presentations (50%), Participation (30%), Hands-on (Lab 20%)
Pass with total of 50%

Examination topics

basic knowledge of all covered topics

Reading list

• Th. Henning (Ed.): Astromineralogy. 2nd ed., Springer, Berlin Heidelberg 2010
• S. Schlemmer, T. Giesen, H. Mutschke, C. Jäger (eds.): Laboratory Astrochemistry. Weinheim 2015
• H.-P. Gail & E. Sedlmayr: Physics and chemistry of circumstellar dust shells. New York & Cambridge 2014
• H. McSween & G.R. Huss: Cosmochemistry. Cambridge 2010
• R. Hutchison: Meteorites. Cambridge 2004
• D.W.G. Sears (Ed.): The origin of chondrules and chondrites. Cambridge 2004.
• D. Apai (Ed.): Protoplanetary dust: astrochemical and cosmochemical perspectives. Cambridge 2010.
• P.H.Ribbe (Ed.): Planetary Materials, in Reviews in Mineralogy, Vol. 35, The Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, DC, US 1998.
• K. Lodders and S. Amari: Presolar grains from meteorites: Remnants from the early times of the solar system, Invited review Chemie der Erde – Geochemsitry, 2005.
• Jr. H. C. Connolly and S. J. Desch: On the origin of the “kleine Kügelchen” called Chondrules, Invited review Chemie der Erde – Geochemsitry, 2004.
• E. K. Zinner: Presolar Grains in Treatise in Geochemistry (Ed. Davis), 2003.
• M. M. Grady and I. Wright: Types of extraterrestrial material available for study. In: Meteorites and the early Solar System II (Eds. D.S. Lauretta and H. Y. McSween), Arizona, LPI, US, 2006.

Association in the course directory

PM-Astr; PM-FnNawi

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