Introduction to Astrophysics (WS 2024/25)
Frank Eisenhauer and Colleagues
When: Tuesdays, 2:15 - 3:45 pm.
Where: MPE seminar room 1.1.18 (and MPA seminar room E.0.11)
Access:
For access, please see http://www.mpe.mpg.de/3539/visitors. To access, please enter the IPP campus through the gate next to the U-Bahn station. Please show your student card for access. The lecture room is directly below the MPE main entrance, you can directly access the seminar room from the walkway behind the stairs.
Content and Links:
- Chapter 0: Overview (15 October 2024,
pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 1: A Journey to the Universe (Taro Shimizu, 15 October 2024,
pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 2: Telescopes and Satellite Experiments (22 October 2024,
pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 3: Stars: Global Properties, Spectra, and Stellar Structure (29 October and 5 November 2024,
pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 4: Stellar Evolution and their Final Stages(FE and Daryl Santos, 5 and 12 November 2024,
pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 5: Starformation and Interstellar Medium (Nicolas Gustavo Kurtovic, 12 November 2024,
pdf,
pptx,
updated pdf)
- Chapter 6: Cosmic Distance Ladder (Antonia Drescher and Guillaume Bourdarot, 19 November and 3 December 2024,
pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 7: Galaxies: Overview (Hannah Übler, 10 December 2024,
pdf,
pptx)
- Christmas Special: Cosmic Carols and Black Hole Riddles: Unwrapping the Mysteries of the Galactic Center (Antonia Drescher, 17 December 2024,
pdf)
- Chapter 8: Galaxies: Spiral Galaxies, Elliptical Galaxies, Dwarf Galaxies (7 and 14 January 2025,
pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 9: Back Holes, Active Galaxies (14 and 21 January 2025,
pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 10: Galaxy Clusters and Dark Matter (21 and 28 January 2025,
pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 11: Cosmology, Large Scale Structure (Hannah Übler, 4 February 2025,
pdf,
pptx)
Preconditions:
- No preconditions in addition to the requirements for the Master’s program in Physics
- Or at least four semesters of physics Bachelor study
Exams:
- Written exams, registration on TUMonline required
- Date: 18. Februray 2025, 14:00 and 8. April 2025, 14:00 (Nachholtermin)
- Where: TUM Physics Department HS1
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information, last update: 2025-01-21, editor of this page:
Frank Eisenhauer