Björn Malte Schäfer - graduate school for fundamental physics

teaching


2006  2007  2008  2009  2010 
2011  2012 

cosmic structure formation (phd-lecture at ICG/Portsmouth, 2006)

structure formation: 1. dark matter and experimental evidence
[ICG phd lecture, pdf, 184kByte]
structure formation: 2. collisionless dynamics
[ICG phd lecture, pdf, 185kByte]
structure formation: 3. Gaussian random fields and power spectra
[ICG phd lecture, pdf, 314kByte]
structure formation: 4. linear structure formation
[ICG phd lecture, pdf, 98kByte]
structure formation: 5. non-linear structure formation and dark matter objects
[ICG phd lecture, pdf, 72kByte]
structure formation: 6. galaxy formation
[ICG phd lecture, pdf, 23kByte]
structure formation: 7. gravitational light deflection
[ICG phd lecture, pdf, 249kByte]
structure formation: 8. weak cosmic shear and magnification
[ICG phd lecture, pdf, 335kByte]

mathematical methods (phd-lecture at ICG/Portsmouth, 2006)

mathematical methods: 1. classical Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics
[ICG phd lecture, pdf, 109kByte]
mathematical methods: 2. dynamical systems
[ICG phd lecture, pdf, 292kByte]
mathematical methods: 3. non-relativistic quantum mechanics
[ICG phd lecture, pdf, 124kByte]
mathematical methods: 4. Feynman path integrals
[ICG phd lecture, pdf, 96kByte]
mathematical methods: 5. classical field theory and wave equations
[ICG phd lecture, pdf, 115kByte]
mathematical methods: 6. complex calculus
[ICG phd lecture, pdf, 143kByte]
mathematical methods: 7. potential theory and Green's functions
[ICG phd lecture, pdf, 163kByte]

cosmic structure formation (phd-lecture at ICG/Portsmouth, 2007)

structure formation: 1. dark matter and experimental evidence
[ICG phd lecture, pdf, 184kByte]
structure formation: 2. collisionless dynamics
[ICG phd lecture, pdf, 185kByte]
structure formation: 3. Gaussian random fields and power spectra
[ICG phd lecture, pdf, 314kByte]
structure formation: 4. linear structure formation
[ICG phd lecture, pdf, 98kByte]
structure formation: 5. non-linear structure formation and dark matter objects
[ICG phd lecture, pdf, 72kByte]
structure formation: 6. galaxy formation
[ICG phd lecture, pdf, 23kByte]
structure formation: 7. gravitational light deflection
[ICG phd lecture, pdf, 249kByte]
structure formation: 8. weak cosmic shear and magnification
[ICG phd lecture, pdf, 335kByte]

mathematical methods (phd-lecture at ICG/Portsmouth, 2007)

mathematical methods: 1. classical Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics
[ICG phd lecture, pdf, 109kByte]
mathematical methods: 2. dynamical systems
[ICG phd lecture, pdf, 292kByte]
mathematical methods: 3. non-relativistic quantum mechanics
[ICG phd lecture, pdf, 124kByte]
mathematical methods: 4. Feynman path integrals
[ICG phd lecture, pdf, 96kByte]
mathematical methods: 5. classical field theory and wave equations
[ICG phd lecture, pdf, 115kByte]
mathematical methods: 6. complex calculus
[ICG phd lecture, pdf, 143kByte]
mathematical methods: 7. potential theory and Green's functions
[ICG phd lecture, pdf, 163kByte]

integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect (summer school at IUCAA/Pune, Aug.2008)

iSW-effect: 1. integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect
[IUCAA summer school, Pune/India, pdf, xxkByte]
iSW-effect: 2. Rees-Sciama effect
[IUCAA summer school, Pune/India, pdf, xxkByte]

evolution of the cosmological large-scale structure (graduate days 2008, Heidelberg)

LSS-evolution: 1. cosmology
[graduate days 2008, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
LSS-evolution: 2. structure formation
[graduate days 2008, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
LSS-evolution: 3. perturbations
[graduate days 2008, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
LSS-evolution: 4. integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect
[graduate days 2008, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]

cosmic perturbation theory (winter school on cosmology, Obergurgl/Austria, Jan.2009)

hydrodynamics + vorticity
[winter school 2009, Obergurgl/Austria, pdf, xxkByte]
nonlinear structures + perturbation theory
[winter school 2009, Obergurgl/Austria, pdf, xxkByte]

cosmology (lecture at the University of Heidelberg, summer term 2009)

1. Newtonian cosmology (02.Apr.2009)
[cosmology lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
2. general relativity, part 1 (09.Apr.2009)
[cosmology lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
3. general relativity, part 2 (16.Apr.2009)
[cosmology lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
4. FLRW-cosmologies, part 1 (23.Apr.2009)
[cosmology lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
5. FLRW-cosmologies, part 2 (30.Apr.2009)
[cosmology lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
6. light propagation in FLRW-cosmologies (07.May.2009)
[cosmology lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
7. observations of FLRW-cosmologies (14.May.2009)
[cosmology lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
8. thermal history of the universe and big bang nucleosynthesis(28.May.2009)
[cosmology lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
9. CMB physics and inflation (04.Jun.2009)
[cosmology lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
10. large-scale structure (18.Jun.2009)
[cosmology lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
11. linear and nonlinear growth (25.Jun.2009)
[cosmology lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
12. galaxy formation (02.Jul.2009)
[cosmology lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
13. gravitational lensing (09.Jul.2009)
[cosmology lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]

modern cosmology (school on modern physics, Obergurgl/Austria, Aug.2009)

modern cosmology: general relativity
[summer school 2009, Obergurgl/Austria, pdf, xxkByte]
modern cosmology: fluid mechanics
[summer school 2009, Obergurgl/Austria, pdf, xxkByte]
modern cosmology: statistics
[summer school 2009, Obergurgl/Austria, pdf, xxkByte]
modern cosmology: gravitational lensing
[summer school 2009, Obergurgl/Austria, pdf, xxkByte]

structure formation and the iSW-effect (winter school, Passo del Tonale/Italy, Dec.2009)

structure formation and the iSW-effect: structure formation
[TR33 winter school, Passo del Tonale/Italy, pdf, xxkByte]
structure formation and the iSW-effect: int. Sachs-Wolfe effect
[TR33 winter school, Passo del Tonale/Italy, pdf, xxkByte]
structure formation and the iSW-effect: nonlinear structure formation
[TR33 winter school, Passo del Tonale/Italy, pdf, xxkByte]
structure formation and the iSW-effect: Rees-Sciama effect
[TR33 winter school, Passo del Tonale/Italy, pdf, xxkByte]

statistics - the logic behind science (lecture at Heidelberg, winter term 2009)

1. probability theory (spirou, 12.Oct.2009)
[statistics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
2. random distributions + random processes (msb, 19.Oct.2009)
[statistics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
3. descriptive statistics (spirou, 26.Oct.2009)
[statistics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
4. statistical tests (msb, 02.Nov.2009)
[statistics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
5. linear regression (spirou, 09.Nov.2009)
[statistics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
6. nonlinear fitting and minimisation algorithms (spirou, 16.Nov.2009)
[statistics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
7. Fisher-formalism and error forecasts (spirou, 23.Nov.2009)
[statistics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
8. Bayesian statistics and model selection (msb, 30.Nov.2009)
[statistics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
9. likelihood sampling and Markov processes (msb, 07.Dec.2009)
[statistics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
10. analogies with statistical physics (spirou, 14.Dec.2009)
[statistics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
11. christmas question session (msb + spirou, 21.Dec.2009)
[statistics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
12. complexity and principal components analysis (msb, 11.Jan.2009)
[statistics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
13. entropy, reversible processes and information (spirou, 18.Jan.2009)
[statistics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
14. critical phenomena (spirou, 25.Jan.2009)
[statistics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
15. spectra, filtering, wavelets (spirou, 01.Feb.2009)
[statistics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]

fluid mechanics (lecture at Heidelberg, summer term 2010)

1. fluid mechanics
[fluid mechanics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
2. Boltzmann-equation and its moments
[fluid mechanics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
3. hydrodynamical similarity and scaling numbers
[fluid mechanics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
4. 2d flows and conformal mappings
[fluid mechanics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
5. turbulence and Kolmogorov-cascading
[fluid mechanics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
6. vorticity and enstrophy
[fluid mechanics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
7. viscosity and diffusive processes
[fluid mechanics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
8. statistical properties of turbulence
[fluid mechanics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
9. hydrodynamical instabilities
[fluid mechanics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
10. sound waves and the equation of state
[fluid mechanics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
11. relaxation and reversability
[fluid mechanics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
12. magnetohydrodyamics
[fluid mechanics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]

observing the big bang (lecture at Heidelberg, winter term 2010)

1. cosmological standard model
[observing the big bang, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
2. age of the Universe
[observing the big bang, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
3. Hubble-constant
[observing the big bang, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
4. big bang nucleosynthesis
[observing the big bang, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
5. matter density in the Universe
[observing the big bang, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
6. cosmic microwave background
[observing the big bang, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
7. cosmic structures
[observing the big bang, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
8. weak lensing
[observing the big bang, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
9. supernovae as standard candles
[observing the big bang, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
10. cold dark matter spectrum
[observing the big bang, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
11. inflation and dark energy
[observing the big bang, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
12. special topics
[observing the big bang, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]

cosmology (seminar for the corresponding lecture, Heidelberg, summer term 2010)

iSW-effect: theory and derivation
[cosmology seminar]
iSW-effect: observational evidence
[cosmology seminar]
nonlinear iSW-effect (Rees-Sciama effect)
[cosmology seminar]
iSW-effect in non-standard cosmologies
[cosmology seminar]
parameter estimates from the iSW-effect
[cosmology seminar]

statistics - the logic behind science (lecture at Heidelberg, winter term 2011)

1. introduction to probability theory (10.Oct.2011)
[statistics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
2. random distributions + random processes (17.Oct.2011)
[statistics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
3. descriptive statistics (24.Oct.2011)
[statistics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
4. statistical tests (31.Nov.2011)
[statistics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
5. linear regression (07.Nov.2011)
[statistics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
6. nonlinear fitting and minimisation algorithms (14.Nov.2011)
[statistics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
7. Fisher-formalism and error forecasts (21.Nov.2011)
[statistics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
8. Bayesian statistics and model selection (28.Nov.2011)
[statistics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
9. likelihood sampling and Markov processes (05.Dec.2011)
[statistics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
10. analogies with statistical physics (12.Dec.2011)
[statistics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
11. christmas question session (19.Dec.2011)
[statistics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
12. complexity and principal components analysis (09.Jan.2012)
[statistics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
13. entropy, reversible processes and information (16.Jan.2012)
[statistics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
14. neural networks (23.Jan.2012)
[statistics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
15. spectra, filtering, wavelets (30.Jan.2012)
[statistics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]

cosmic microwave background (winter school in Obergurgl/Austria, 2012)

cosmology, FLRW-models, growth of structure
[winter school, Obergurgl/Austria, pdf, xxkByte]
weak gravitational lensing, parameter constraints
[winter school, Obergurgl/Austria, pdf, xxkByte]

fluid mechanics (lecture at Heidelberg, summer term 2012)

1. fluid mechanics
[fluid mechanics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
2. Boltzmann-equation and its moments
[fluid mechanics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
3. hydrodynamical similarity and scaling numbers
[fluid mechanics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
4. 2d flows and conformal mappings
[fluid mechanics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
5. turbulence and Kolmogorov-cascading
[fluid mechanics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
6. vorticity and enstrophy
[fluid mechanics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
7. viscosity and diffusive processes
[fluid mechanics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
8. statistical properties of turbulence
[fluid mechanics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
9. hydrodynamical instabilities
[fluid mechanics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
10. sound waves and the equation of state
[fluid mechanics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
11. relaxation and reversability
[fluid mechanics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]
12. magnetohydrodyamics
[fluid mechanics lecture, Heidelberg/Germany, pdf, xxkByte]






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