ASTRO 358 (UNIQUE 48195)/SPRING 2006
        	     GALAXIES AND THE UNIVERSE
                	  COURSE CALENDAR 

I will try to adhere to this calendar, but there will be changes as  
I adjust the pace based on class feedback. These changes will be posted
on the online version of this calendar at 
	http://www.as.utexas.edu/~sj/a358-sp06/#calen


==== WEEK 1: Tu Jan 17, Th Jan 19	   
Introduction  & Overview 

Review of Key Concepts 
 - Stars, brown dwarf, planets
 - Principle of nuclear fusion 
 - Flux, Luminosity, Wiens's law, Stefan-Boltzmann law
 - Evolution of stars of different mass

=== WEEK 2: Tu Jan 24, Th Jan 26	  

Review of Key Concepts 
 - MK Classification system for stars : Spectral type & Luminosity Class
 - Metallicity of stars and galaxies
 - Magnitudes and colors 
 - Surface Brightness of Galaxies

A First Look at  Types of Galaxies
- Elliptical, Spiral, Lenticular, Irreguar, and Dwarf galaxies


=== WEEK 3: Tu Jan 30, Th Feb 02	

Galaxy Classification Schemes 
 - Hubbble (1936) or Hubble-Sandage (1961) classification system
 - De Vaucouleurs extensions of Hubble Classfication system (1959) 
 - DDO s Classfication system 

Importance of the  Hubble sequence as we know it today


=== WEEK 4: Tu Feb 07, Th Feb 09	
Galaxy Lumimosity functions 
Photometric and Structural Properties of E, S, Irr


=== WEEK 5: Tu Feb 14, Th Feb 16	  
Disk Galaxies: Photometric properties (Bulge+Disk Decomposition  
and its limitations; Freeman Law, LSB galaxies, Generalised 
Sersic fits, Asymmetry measures )

=== WEEK 6: Tu Feb 21, Th Feb 23	  
Disk Galaxies: Potential Theory (Poisson's Equation, CBE) 
Disk Galaxies: Vertical Luminosity density profile of edge-on disk galaxies
Disk Galaxies: How do sigma-z, ze, Sigma relate for a locally isothermal disk?
Disk Galaxies: Dynamical heating of disks.  Disk Heating problem
Disk Galaxies: A clever way to measure (M/L) of face-on stellar disks 


=== WEEK 7: Tu Feb 28, Th Mar 02	  
Disk Galaxies: Rotation curve and Dark matter
Disk Galaxies: Tully Fisher Law
Disk Galaxies: Spiral structure and Bars

=== WEEK 8: Tu Mar 07, Th Mar 09	  
Disk Galaxies: Spiral structure and Bars
Disk Galaxies: the Milky Way
Galaxy Interactions: Theory and Observations 
Galaxy Interactions: The High Redshift Universe 

=== SPRING BREAK: Mar 13--18 

=== WEEK 9: Tu Mar 21,  Th Mar 23  
Guest lecture : Dwarf Galaxies
Guest lecture : Simulation of Bars and Warps 

=== WEEK 10: Tu Mar 28  Th Mar 30  
Midterm Exam on  Mar 28
Guest lecture : S0 galaxies 
NB: Quiz 3 will include the 3 guest lectures


=== WEEK 11: Tu Apr 04, Th Apr 06
Elliptical Galaxies:  Structure and Kinematics
Elliptical Galaxies:Fundamental Plane, Faber Jackson relations
Topic of research paper due by Th Apr 4


=== WEEK 12: Tu Apr 11, Th Apr 13
The Cold, Warm, and Hot ISM in Galaxies
Star Formation in Galaxies: Theory and Multi-wavelength Tracers
Star Formation History of the Universe over 13 Gyr

=== WEEK 13: Tu Apr 18, Th Apr 20
Groups and Clusters: Formation, Evolution, Properties  
Groups and Clusters: Environmental Processes and Timescales
Groups and Clusters: Role of Environment on Galaxy Evolution 

=== WEEK 14: Tu Apr 25, Th Apr 27
Galaxy Evolution over 13 Billion Years 
Galaxy Surveys : GEMS, GOODS, and the Hubble Ultra Deep Field.
Cosmology : From the Planck Time to the First Billion Year
Cosmology : Large-Scale Structure and  Galaxy Formation 


=== WEEK 15: Tu May 02, Th May 04  
Final Exam on May 04 
Research paper due on May 04