Theoretical Astrophysics

Lecturers:	Ralf Klessen / Ingo Berentzen ZAH/ITA, Albert-Ueberle-Str. 2, 69120 Heidelberg
Time and Location:	Tuesday, 9:10 - 10:50 hours, Philosophenweg 12 -- Grand Lecture Hall Thursday, 9:10 - 10:50 hours, Philosophenweg 12 -- Grand Lecture Hall
Tutorial:	Tuesday, 15:15 - 16:45, Philosophenweg 12 -- Grand Lecture Hall Wednesday, 9:00 - 10:30, Philosophenweg 12 -- Small Lecture Hall Friday, 9:00 - 10:30, Albert-Ueberle-Str. 3-5 -- CIP Pool

 

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1	13.10.	TU	introduction
2	15.10.	TH	Boltzmann equation
3	20.10.	TU	continuity and momentum equation				homework 1
4	22.10.	TH	energy equation
5	27.10.	TU	entropy & virial theorem				homework 2
6	29.10.	TH	virial theorem, classical hydrodynamics
7	3.11.	TU	classical hydrodynamics				homework 3
8	5.11.	TH	steepening of sound waves, shock jump conditions
9	10.11.	TU	shock jump conditions, blast waves				homework 4
10	12.11.	TH	fluid instabilities: Jeans, Rayleigh-Taylor
11	17.11.	TU	fluid instabilities: Kelvin-Helmholtz, convection, thermal				homework 5
12	19.11.	TH	magneto-hydrodynamics: basics
13	24.11.	TU	magneto-hydrodynamics: waves				homework 6
14	26.11.	TH	magneto-hydrodynamics: non-ideal phenomena
15	1.12.	TU	plasma physics: basic concepts, waves				homework 7
16	3.12.	TH	plasma physics: waves in thermal plasmas
17	8.12.	TU	plasma physics: waves in magnetized plasmas				homework 8
18	10.12.	TH	radiative transfer, thermal radiation
19	15.12.	TU	Planck spectrum, Einstein coefficients				homework 9
20	17.12.	TH	Thomson scattering
21	22.12.	TU	Compton effect				homework 10

Christmas Break

22	7.01.	TH	bremsstrahlung, synchrotron emission
23	12.01.	TU	photoionisation and recombination				homework 11
24	14.01.	TH	spectra
25	19.01.	TU	stellar dynamics: time scales, Jeans equation				homework 12 (voluntary!)
26	21.01.	TH	stellar dynamics: distribution functions
27	26.01.	TU	stellar dynamics: Toomre instability
28	28.01.	TH	stellar dynamics: Vlasov equation, dynamical friction
29	2.02.	TU	FINAL EXAM new date (see below)
30	2.02.	TH	study week & free discussion
31	9.02.	TU	FINAL EXAM at 2 p.m.	Philosophenweg 12, Grand Lecture Hall