Introduction to Astrophysics (WS 2025/26)
Frank Eisenhauer, Taro Shimizu and Guillaume Bourdarot
When: Tuesdays, 2:15 - 3:45 pm.
Where: MPE seminar room 1.1.18 (and MPA/MPP seminar rooms)
Access:
For access, please see http://www.mpe.mpg.de/3539/visitors. To access, please enter the IPP campus through the gate next to the U-Bahn station. Please show your student card for access. The lecture room is directly below the MPE main entrance, you can directly access the seminar room from the walkway behind the stairs.
Content and Links:
- Chapter 0: Overview (21 October 2025,
pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 1: A Journey to the Universe (21 October 2025,
pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 2: Telescopes and Satellite Experiments (28 October 2025,
pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 3: Stars: Global Properties, Spectra, and Stellar Structure (4 and 11 November 2025,
pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 4: Stellar Evolution and their Final Stages (11 and 18 November 2025,
pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 5: Starformation and Interstellar Medium (18 and 25 November 2025,
pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 6: Cosmic Distance Ladder (9 and 16 December 2025,
pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 7: Galaxies: Overview (16 December 2025,
pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 8: Galaxies: Spiral Galaxies, Elliptical Galaxies, Dwarf Galaxies (13 January 2026,
pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 9: Black Holes, Active Galaxies (20 Januray 2026,
pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 10: Galaxy Clusters and Dark Matter (27 Januray 2026,
pdf,
pptx)
- Chapter 11: Cosmology, Large Scale Structure (03 February 2026,
pdf,
pptx)
Preconditions:
Exams:
- Written exams, registration on TUMonline required (before 15. January 2026)
- Date: 19. Februray 2026, 9:00 and 2. April 2025, 9:00 (Nachholtermin)
- Where: TUM Physics Department HS1
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information, last update: 2026-01-20, editor of this page:
Frank Eisenhauer