Formation and Evolution of Galaxies
Overview
This course will present an in-depth study of the physics responsible for the formation of galaxies embedded in the evolution of large scale structures in the universe. These include the collapse of baryons and dark matter into self-bound structures, virialisation, cooling, star formation, highly energetic feedback processes and interactions.
Lectures and exercises by: Dr. Bruno Henriques
Schedule
Lectures: Monday, HIT J 53, 9 - 11 h
Exercises: Monday, HIT J 53, 11 - 12 h
Program and course material
Week 1 - 20/02/2017 & Week 2 - 27/02/2017
Basic Principles of galaxy formation
- The Standard Model of Cosmology
- Initial Conditions
- Gravitational Instabilities and Structure Formation
- Gas Cooling
- Star Formation
- Feedback Processes
- Mergers
- Stellar Population Synthesis
- Galaxy Types
- Galaxy Groups and Clusters
- High-z Galaxies
Download Lecture_notes_1.pdf (PDF, 9.7 MB)
Week 3 - 06/03/2017
Formation and Structure of Dark Matter Halos
- Density peaks (7.1)
- Halo Mass Function (Press Schechter Formalism) (7.2)
- Merger Trees: Assembly and Formation times, Merger Rates, Survival Times (7.3)
- Internal Structure (7.5)
Download Lecture_notes_2.pdf (PDF, 2.5 MB)
Download Lecture_notes_2_short.pdf (PDF, 4.9 MB)
Week 4 - 13/03/2017
Hot Gas & Cooling
- Self Similar Collapse (8.3.2)
- Results from Numerical Simulations (8.7)
- Hydrostatic Equilibrium: The Virial Theorem (8.2.3)
- Compton and Radiative Cooling (8.1.2 & 8.1.3, in depth 8.4 & 8.5)
- Photoionisation Heating (8.1.4)
Download Lecture_notes_3.pdf (PDF, 1.5 MB)
Download Lecture_notes_3_short.pdf (PDF, 1.5 MB)
Week 5 - 20/03/2017
Star Formation
- Giant Molecular Clouds (9.1)
- Star Formation laws (9.3.1)
- IMF (9.4)
Download Lecture_notes_4.pdf (PDF, 1 MB)
Download Lecture_notes_4_short.pdf (PDF, 1.1 MB)
Week 6 - 27/03/2017 + Week 7 - 03/04/2017
Stellar Populations and Chemical Evolution
- Main Concepts of Stellar Evolution: Stellar Structure and Main Sequence (10.1)
- Non-Main Sequence Stellar Tracks (10.2)
- Chemical Evolution of Galaxies (10.4)
Download Lecture_notes_5.pdf (PDF, 1.4 MB)
Download Lecture_notes_5_short.pdf (PDF, 1.7 MB)
Week 8 - 10/04/2017
Star formation driven feedback
- Gas evolution with Energy Sources (8.6)
- Stellar Feedback (10.5)
- The need for SN feedback in Theoretical Models
Download Lecture_notes_6.pdf (PDF, 2 MB)
Download Lecture_notes_6_short.pdf (PDF, 627 KB)
Week 9 - 24/04/2017
AGN, black holes and feedback
- AGN paradigm: Central Engine, Accretion disk, Emission, Jets (14.2)
- Unification (14.2.7)
- Growth of Supermassive black holes (14.3.1)
- Radiative and Mechanical Feedback (14.4)
Download Lecture_notes_7.pdf (PDF, 3.5 MB)
Download Lecture_notes_7_short.pdf (PDF, 3 MB)
Week 10 - 08/05/2017
Galaxy Interactions
- High speed Encounters (12.1)
- Tidal Stripping (12.2)
- Dynamical Friction (12.3)
- Mergers (12.4): Demographics (12.4.2), Bursts and AGN (12.4.3)
- Environmental processes in Clusters (12.5)
Download Lecture_notes_8.pdf (PDF, 906 KB)
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Week 11 - 15/05/2017
Statistical Properties of the galaxy population
- Luminosities and Stellar Mass Functions (15.2)
- Centrals and Satellites (15.3)
- Star Formation and SFH (15.4)
- Quenching (15.4.1)
- Relation with Halo Mass
Download Lecture_notes_9.pdf (PDF, 41.4 MB)
Week 12 - 22/05/2017
Download Review.pdf (PDF, 6.1 MB)