Ay 124, Structure and Dynamics of Galaxies, Winter 2009

The plan of lectures [BM Chapters; BT where noted; + = other readings]:

1. Fri Jan 9    Introduction, class logistics, some history, astrometry, distances [1,2.1,2.2] (G+A)

2. Mon Jan 12   Photometry, color-magnitude diagrams, interstellar dust [2.3,3.5,3.7] (G)

3. Wed Jan 14   Stars, luminosity and mass functions [3.1-3.4,3.6] (G)

4. Wed Jan 21   Elements of stellar dynamics [BT 4.1-4.3] (A)

5. Mon Jan 26   Star clusters: observable properties [6] (G)

6. Wed Jan 28   Star clusters: dynamics [parts of 6, BT 8] (A)

7. Mon Feb 2    Galaxy morphology (general) [4.1,4.2,4.6,11.1] (G)

8. Wed Feb 4    Properties of elliptical galaxies [4.3,8.3,11.2] (G)

9. Mon Feb 9    Modeling the evolution of stellar populations [5.1,5.4] (A)

10. Feb Feb 11  Chemical enrichment and chemical evolution [5.2,5.3] (A)

11. Wed Feb 18  Properties of disk galaxies [4.4,8.2,11.3] (G)

12. Mon Feb 23  Galaxy scaling relations, their origins and uses [+] (G)

13. Wed Feb 25  Dynamics of disks, spiral structure [BT 6.2,6.4] (A)

14. Mon Mar 2   Structure of the Milky Way: components, stellar pop's [10.1,10.2,9.5] (G)

15. Wed Mar 4   Structure of the Milky Way: ISM, rotation, nucleus [8,9] (A)

16. Mon Mar 9   Kinematics and mass models of the Milky Way [10.3-10.6] (A)

17. Wed Mar 11  Hierarchical galaxy assembly - basic ideas [10.7, +] (A)

(G = George, A = Andrew)

Note: Mon Jan 19 and Mon Feb 16 are Institute holidays.