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Course title |
星系形成與演化特論
Special Topics in Galaxy Formation and Evolution |
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Semester |
110-2 |
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Designated for |
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS |
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Instructor |
林彥廷 |
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Curriculum Number |
AsPhys7023 |
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Curriculum Identity Number |
244 M1240 |
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Class |
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Credits |
2.0 |
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Full/Half
Yr. |
Half |
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Required/
Elective |
Elective |
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Time |
Monday 3,4(10:20~12:10) |
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Room |
天數812 |
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Remarks |
與王為豪合授
The upper limit of the number of students: 45.
The upper limit of the number of non-majors: 5. |
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Course introduction video |
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Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning |
Association has not been established |
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Course Syllabus
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Course Description |
This is an one-semester, introductory graduate course aiming at beginning graduate students and advanced undergraduate students. We will provide an extensive and self-contained overview of observational aspects of galaxy formation and evolution, incorporating the latest results. We will start with an overview of galaxy formation in the cold dark matter with a cosmological constant framework, then continue to dive in to more detailed discussions on radiation from galaxies, statistical properties of galaxies, the formation of late and early type galaxies, galaxy clusters, and observational techniques of distant galaxies.
Note that this course is complementary to "Galactic Astrophysics (星系天文物理)", which will mainly focus on galactic dynamics. |
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Course Objective |
It is expected that, after taking the course, the students will have a basic, yet solid understanding of the current theory of galaxy formation, which will allow them to conduct basic research projects in galaxy formation and evolution. |
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Course Requirement |
There is no prerequisite for this course; however, those who have taken "stellar evolution" and "observational techniques (天文觀測)" will find the course to be more accessible. Furthermore, our homework assignments require some basic coding capabilities in any modern computing languages.
Although the lectures will be delivered in Chinese, all the course works (homework and final report) should be done in English. |
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Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week) |
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Office Hours |
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Designated reading |
We do not follow any textbooks, but the following books may be useful:
1) The cosmic perspective by Bennett, Donahue, Schneider and Voit
2) An introduction to modern astrophysics by Carroll & Ostlie
3) Galaxies in the universe: an introduction by Sparke and Gallagher
4) Extragalactic astronomy and cosmology: an introduction by P. Schneider
5) Introduction to Galaxy Formation and Evolution by Cimatti, Fraternali, and Nipoti
6) Galaxy formation and evolution by Mo, van den Bosch and White |
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References |
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Grading |
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No. |
Item |
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Explanations for the conditions |
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Classroom participation |
10% |
We encourage active participation of discussions in the class |
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homework |
55% |
There will be roughly 5 sets of homeworks |
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Final report |
35% |
The format of the final report is yet to be decided |
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Week |
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Topic |
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第1週 |
2/14 |
Overview of galaxy formation in the framework of standard model of cosmology |
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第2週 |
2/21 |
Radiation from galaxies (by WHW) |
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第4週 |
3/07 |
Observational surveys (1) |
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第5週 |
3/14 |
Observational surveys (2) |
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第6週 |
3/21 |
Statistical properties of galaxies (1) |
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第7週 |
3/28 |
Statistical properties of galaxies (2) |
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第9週 |
4/11 |
Late type galaxies (1) |
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第10週 |
4/18 |
Late type galaxies (2) |
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第11週 |
4/25 |
Early type galaxies (1) |
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第12週 |
5/02 |
Early type galaxies (2) |
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第13週 |
5/09 |
Active galaxies |
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第14週 |
5/16 |
Surveys for evolution of distant galaxies (by WHW) |
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第15週 |
5/23 |
Long wavelength observations and the dusty population (by WHW) |
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第16週 |
5/30 |
Finals |
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第17週 |
6/06 |
(Galaxy clusters) |