Introduction to Astrophysics (WS 2021/22)
Frank Eisenhauer and Colleagues
Tuesdays, 2:00pm, c.t.
IMPORTANT UPDATE because of the Covid-19
situation
Starting 30. November 2021. the lecture will be
ONLINE in the form of a Zoom presentation.
To connect, please dialin to
https://zoom.us/j/98212067750
The presentation is password protected. The
password is sent to all registered participants by email.
Content and Links
- Chapter 0:
Overview (Stefan Gillessen, 19 October 2021,
pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 1: A Journey to the Universe (Stefan
Gillessen, 19 October 2021,
pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 2: Telescopes and Satellite Experiments
(26 October 2021,
pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 3: Stars: Global Properties, Spectra, and
Stellar Structure (FE 2 November and Stefan Gillessen 9 November 2021,
pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 4: Stellar Evolution and their Final
Stages (16 November 2021,
pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 5: Starformation and Interstellar Medium
(Elena Redaelli, 23 and 30 November 2021,
pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 6: Cosmic Distance Ladder (Zoom,
Elena Redaelli, 30 November and Stefan Gillessen, 14 December 2021,
pdf,
pptx)
- Christmas Special:
Follow Tycho Brahe - Precision Astronomy with Interferometry (Zoom,
21 December 2021, pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 7: Galaxies: Overview (Zoom,
11 January 2022,
pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 8: Spiral Galaxies, Elliptical Galaxies,
Dwarf Galaxies (Zoom,
18 January 2022,
pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 9: Back Holes, Active Galaxies (Zoom,
25 January 2022,
pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 10: Galaxy Clusters and Dark Matter (Zoom,
1 February 2022,
pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 11: Cosmology, Large Scale Structure (Zoom,
8 February 2022,
pdf,
pptx)
Exams:
- Registration on TUMonline required
- Exam Schedule:
(11 February: for those who can't attend the regular date below)
22/23 February: first exam period
29/30 March: second exam period
- COORDINATE the date for the exam with Mrs. Dengler by email:
dengler@mpe.mpg.de or phone:+49 89 30000 3880 NO LATER than 31 January
2022.
- Oral exams, duration 25 min
- Please bring
student ID card
- See "Chapter 0: Overview" slides for the chapters in „The New Cosmos“ covering aspects of this lecture
Imprint and
Data protection
information, last update:
2022-01-17, editor of this page:
Frank
Eisenhauer