AST1420
Welcome to the Galaxy.
Contact Information:
Instructor: Prof. Yanqin Wu
Lectures: Friday 10-12, AB101-H
Email: wu@astro.utoronto.ca
Office: MP1210, x8-5633
Links to useful websites
Tremaine’s stellar dynamics course (Princeton)
Barne’s galaxy course (Hawaii)
Chiang’s wiki galaxy course (Berkeley)
Lecture notes (some will be posted as lectures
progress).
Lecture II (orbits: spherical, axisymmetric)
Assignment I posted (here), due Friday Oct. 3rd 10AM
Lecture III (epicycle approximation)
Lecture IV (galactic SED, distribution function)
Assignment II posted (here), due Friday Oct. 24th, 10AM
Lecture V (Discussions)
Lecture VI (spirals, bars, formation of MW; Elliptical galaxies, Scharwarzschild method)
Assignment III posted (here), due Friday Nov. 14th, 10AM
Lecture VII (globular clusters, 2-body relaxation)
Lecture VIII (Dynamical Friction)
Lecture IX (Numerical Techniques)
Lecture X (tidal streams)
Lecture XI (Spherical Collapse)
Lecture XII (GAIA)