Classic astrophysical papers


Semesterangivelse: Forårs kursus Kurset udbydes i blok 4 Kurset udbydes i skemagruppe C Kurset giver 7,5 ETCS point

 


Udgave: Forår 2013 NAT
Point: 7,5
Blokstruktur: 4. blok
Skemagruppe: C
Fagområde: fys
Institutter: Niels Bohr Institutet
Uddannelsesdel: Kandidat niveau
Kontaktpersoner: Andrew Zirm, telefon: 353 25 896, e-mail: azirm@dark-cosmology.dk
Andre undervisere: Andrew Zirm, telefon: 353 25 896, e-mail: azirm@dark-cosmology.dk
Skema- oplysninger:  Vis skema for kurset
Samlet oversigt over tid og sted for alle kurser inden for Lektionsplan for Det Naturvidenskabelige Fakultet Forår 2013 NAT
Undervisnings- periode: 22. april til 23. juni, 2013
Undervisnings- form: The students have to read the assigned article(s) as assigned. Every time one or two students will be assigned to present a particular article to the rest of the class (45 min) following a 1-2 hour discussion on the topic of the article.
Formål: The purpose of the course is make the students acquainted with some of the most original and astonishing findings within astrophysics. The students are required to understand both the underlying physical context as well as the historical framework. The students also get trained in how to present a research paper to their peers.
Indhold: The following papers will be discussed as part of the course:
  • Discovery of Dark Matter (Zwicky, 1937)http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1937ApJ....86..217Z
  • Origin of Elements in Stars, Hoyle, Fowler, Burbidge & Burbidge, 1956, Science 124, 611 http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1956Sci...124..611H
  • Tinsley, B., Evolution of the Stars and Gas in Galaxies, http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1968ApJ...151..547T
  • White & Rees (1978), Core condensation in heavy halos - A two-stage theory for galaxy formation and clustering, MNRAS 183 341
  • Soucail et al. 1988 -- The giant arc in A 370 - Spectroscopic evidence for gravitational lensing from a source at z = 0.724http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1988A%26A...191L..19S
  • The two papers from 1998/9 showing the need for dark energy (Riess et al., Perlmutter et al.)
  • Eisenstein BAOs http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005ApJ...633..560E
  • Tilmelding: Tilmelding foregår på Selvbetjeningen i perioden 15.november - 1. december.
    Eksamensform: Bestået/ikke bestået bedømt ved mundtlig eksamen hvor de studerende skal trække en artikel (de kan dog ikke trække den de har fremlagt) og præsenterer den på tavlen, uden forberedelse i 20 min og besvare spørgsmål fra læreren (Andrew Zirm) og censor (intern censur).
    Reeksamen: samme som den ordinære eksamen.
    Eksamen: Mundtlig prøve d. 19. juni 2013.
    Reeksamen: Mundtlig prøve d. 21. august 2013.
    Kursus hjemmeside:
    Undervisnings- sprog: Engelsk
    Sidst redigeret: 29/10-2012



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