ASTRO 358/SPRING 2012
        	     GALAXIES AND THE UNIVERSE
                	  COURSE OUTLINE 

I will try to adhere to the course calendar below as closely as possible, 
but there may be small changes, based on the course feedback. The most 
current version of the calendar can be found at 
   http://www.as.utexas.edu/~sj/a358-sp12/a358-sp12-calendar.txt
A list of books, suggested as supplementary reading material, is given at 
the end of the calendar. In-class activities and quizzes can take place 
at any time in the semester and are not always listed on the course 
calendar. 

=== Tu Jan 17 
Introduction   

=== Th Jan 19 +  Tu Jan 24 
Pre-requisite material


=== Th Jan 26 + Tu Jan 31 + Th Feb 02
Quiz on pre-requisite material 

GALAXY TYPES AND CLASSIFICATION SCHEMES
Galaxies: Historical Perspective & Types of Galaxies
Galaxy Classification schemes: Hubble-Sandage, de Vaucouleurs, etc 

=== Tu Feb 7 + Th Feb 9 + Tu Feb 11
GALAXY LUMINOSITY FUNCTIONS
GALAXIES IN DIFFERENT ENIVIRONMENTS


=== Th Feb 16  to Tu Mar 6

DARK MATTER
Dark Matter in Galaxies
Tracing Dark Matter in Local Group 
Tracing Dark Matter in Clusters of Galaxies
Gravitational lensing  for Point Mass Lens
Gravitational Microlensing and searching for MACHOS
Gravitational lensing  by Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies
MOND  
Dark Matter candidates: MACHOS, HDM, CDM



=== Th Mar  8
FIRST EXAM

=== March 12-17
Spring break.


=== Tu Mar 20  + Th Mar 22

STAR FORMATION IN GALAXIES 

-- Importance of  Cosmic Star Formation  history
-- Methods for estimating the Massive SFR  (MSFR)
A1) MSFR from the UV light (750-3500 A) 
A2) MSFR from Ly continuum photons  & Hydrogen Recombination Lines 
      (Ly-alpha, Halpha, Pa-alpha, Br-gamma) 
A3) MSFR from  Thermal Radio continuum
A4) MSFR from Non Thermal Radio Continuum
A5) MSFR from  Far-IR continuum
A6) MSFR from  Mid-IR emission  

-- Criteria for onset of star formation 
- Toomre Criterion for gravitational instability. 
- Application in outer disks 
- Application in central region of galaxies  


=== Th Mar 29 + Tu Apr  03 , Th Apr 5=cancelled,  Tu Apr 10
Cosmology primer for high redshift galaxies
Galaxy surveys through cosmic time 

===  Th Apr 12  +  Tu Apr  17 
Black Holes and Galaxy Evolution 

=== Tu Apr 24 + Th Apr 26
Next generation facilities to probe galaxy evolution 
(EVLA, ALMA, CCAT, JWST, GMT, etc)

=== Tu May 1
Galaxy Interactions/Mergers: Impact on SF, AGN activity, structure 
Epilogue 
Failure/Successes for LCDM  


=== Th May  03
SECOND EXAM



READING 

- EAC = "Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology" by Peter Schneider 
        (Publisher: Spinger, copyright 2006)
- GA  = "Galactic Astronomy, by Binney and Merrifield
        (Publisher: Princeton University Press, copyright 1998)
- GU = "Galaxies in the Universe: An Introduction", by Sparke & Gallagher
        (Publisher: Cambridge University Press, copyright 2000)