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Lectures in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Introductionary Level
for students of all study programs, 6 CP when registered for a seminar
prerequisite: interest in astronomy
Inhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen Introduction to Astronomy
lecture in German
every second semester, Winter term
for students of all study programs, 6 CP when registered for a seminar
prerequisite: interest in astronomy
Contents- Our View into the Cosmosl: Light and Telescopes
- The Clockwork of the Solar System: Phases, Ecplices, Sky Coordinates, Astronomical Time Definitions
- Gravitation and Motion - Celectial Mechanics: Geo- and Heliocentric System, Gravitation
- Solar Systems: Planets and other Solar System Bodies, extrasolar Systems
- The Stars: Our Sun, the Variety of Stars
Advanced Lectures
Lectures and seminars in the "Freier Physik-Wahlbereich" of our Bacherlor and Master progams, suitable also to advanced students of
Inhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen Observation and Properties of Stars
Spherical Astronomy
Telescopes & Instrumentation
Observational Data
The Sun
The Classification of Stars
Variable StarsInhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen Stellar Structure and Evolution
Basic properties of stars
Stellar formation
Radiative transfer in stars
Stellar atmospheres
Stellar interiors
Stellar pulsation
Stellar evolutionInhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology
The Milky Way Galaxy
Space and time in our Universe
The Cosmic Microwave Background
The local Universe—the Galaxies
The distant optical Universe
The distant multi-wavelength Universe
Black holes
Gravitational lensing
The intergalaxtic mediumInhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen Modern Statistical Methods for Astronomy and Physics
Probability and statistical inference
Probability distribution functions
Non-parametric statistics
Data smoothing
Regression
Analysis and classification of multivariate data
Nondetections
Time-variable phenomena