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Astrophysical advanced
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| Name | Topic | Date | Supervisor |
| 1. | 22.05.12 | ||
| 2. D. Boneberg |
The Formation of Planets. and Spherical Collapse in a Dark Energy Dominated Universe. |
29.05.12 | Ercolano |
| 3. B. Sörgel | Explaining cosmic acceleration with dynamic and coupled Dark Energy models. | 05.06.12 | Baldi |
| 4. G. Michna | Simulations of gravitating particle systems: Evolution of star clusters and galaxies. | 12.06.12 | Naab |
| 5. T. Gutmann | The
Kepler Mission: Searching for a twin of the Earth. and Cosmological Simulations of Galaxy Clusters. |
19.06.12 | Koppenhoefer |
| 6. P. Astfalk | Clumping in
hot star winds. and VISIR: State-of-the-art instrumentation for thermal infrared studies. |
26.06.12 | Puls |
| 7. F. Finozzi | Dynamical
modeling and the structure of elliptical galaxies: Dark matter and the
formation epoch of ellipticals. and What can the content of galaxy clusters tell us about the dark matter density in the Universe? |
03.07.12 | Thomas |
| 8. G. Sauerwein | Weak
gravitational lensing: Observing Large Scale Structure. |
10.07.12 | Sartoris |
| 9. S. Heigl | Triggering of star formation. | 17.07.12 | Preibisch |
Topics chosen in the WS 11/12:
Basic astrophysical concepts or
Tools in modern Astrophysics
| Name | Topic | Date | Supervisor |
| 1. M. Lippa | Advanced Adaptive Optics: Laser Guide Stars and Multi-Conjugated Adaptive Optics. | 08.11.11 | Gillessen |
| 2. C. Plettl | Modern eyes in astronomy - CCDs and IR detectors. | 22.11.11 | Gillessen |
| 3. B. Müller | Extra-solar Planets: The various detection methods. | 29.11.11 | Koppenhoefer |
| 4. J. Müller-Seidlitz | FORS: State-of-the-art instrumentation for optical studies. | 06.12.11 | Kissler-Patig |
| 5. D. Gangkofner | Type Ia supernovae in modern astrophysics. | 13.12.11 | Hoffmann |
| 6. P. Sterflinger | Detection of Gravitational Waves. | 10.01.12 | Ratzka |
| 7. D. Mayr | The Formation of Planets | 17.01.12 | Ercolano |
| 8. Yi-Hao Chen | Weak gravitational lensing: strech & flex of galaxies. | 24.01.12 | Seitz |
Topics of the 1st Semester:
Basic astrophysical concepts of modern astronomy
Astrophysical advanced seminar
theoretically and numerically oriented
| Name | Topic | Date | Supervisor |
| 1. xx | Broad
and narrow lines regions in quasars. or Theory of the formation of Stroemgren spheres. |
15.11.11 | Hoffmann |
| 2. xx | The
orbital structure of galaxies. or Surface brightness profiles of elliptical galaxies. |
22.11.11 | Thomas |
| 3. xx | The wind-momentum luminosity relation. | 29.11.11 | Puls |
| 4. xx | Imprints of Reionization on the Cosmic Microwave Background. | 06.12.11 | Weller |
| 5. xx | The
spectral classification scheme. or The Stellar Initial Mass Function. |
13.12.11 | Butler |
| 6. xx |
Gas
and Dust in the Milky Way. (Gunn-Peterson effect.) |
10.01.12 | Gerhard |
| 7. xx | The
gravitational lens effect.
or The Evolution of Protoplanetary Disks |
17.01.12 | Seitz |
| 8. xx | Formation mechanisms of high-mass stars. | 24.01.12 | Preibisch |
| 9. xx | Hierarchy of instabilities in the Interstellar Medium. | 31.01.12 | Lesch |
| 10. xx | Formation of low-mass stars. | 07.02.12 | Burkert/Dobbs |
Astrophysical advanced seminar
experimentally and observationally oriented
| Name | Topic | Date | Supervisor |
| 1. xx | Modern
eyes in astronomy - CCDs and IR detectors. or Faraday Rotation (RM) of polarized radio emission. |
15.11.11 | Gillessen |
| 2. xx | Astrometry: Useful
since the times of Kepler. or c2 - fitting: Seeking the most likely truth. |
22.11.11 | Gillessen |
| 3. xx | Extra-solar Planets: The various detection methods. | 29.11.11 | Koppenhoefer |
| 4. xx | Measuring the large scale distribution of galaxies. | 06.12.11 | Phleps |
| 5. xx | Adaptive Optics: Correcting the atmospheric turbulence for ground- based telescopes. | 13.12.11 | Kissler-Patig |
| 6. xx | Detection
of Gravitational Waves. or Getting most out of your data - Data Reduction. |
10.01.12 | Ratzka |
| 7. xx | Ritchey-Cretien-Telescopes (VLT, WST 2m, PanSTARRS): The impact of science on the optical design. | 17.01.12 | Grupp |
| 8. xx | Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, Colour-Magnitude diagram and globular clusters. | 24.01.12 | Riffeser |
| 9. xx | What
can the content of galaxy clusters tell us about the dark matter density
in the Universe? and Weak gravitational lensing: strech & flex of galaxies. |
31.01.12 | Mohr |
| 10. xx | Exo-planets:
Properties and Characterisation. or Experimental Methods of Infrared Astronomy: The Key to the Galactic Center. |
07.02.12 | Kissler-Patig |
Top
Topics of the 2nd Semester:
Tools in modern Astrophysics
Astrophysical advanced seminar
theoretically and numerically oriented
| Name | Topic | Date | Supervisor |
| 1. xx | Why
is the cosmic microwave background fluctuation level 10-5? or Clumping in hot star winds. |
22.05.12 | Lesch |
| 2. xx | Modelling
Low-Mass Star Formation. or The Formation of Planets |
(29.05.12) | Dobbs/Burkert |
| 3. xx | Simulations
of gravitating particle systems: Evolution of star clusters and galaxies. or Type Ia supernovae in modern astrophysics. |
05.06.12 | Naab |
| 4. xx | Dynamical
modeling and the structure of elliptical galaxies: Dark matter and the
formation epoch of ellipticals. or Line broadening and other misdemeanours. |
12.06.12 | Thomas |
| 5. xx | What
can the content of galaxy clusters tell us about the dark matter density
in the Universe? or Cosmological Simulations of Galaxy Clusters. |
19.06.12 | Mohr |
| 6. xx | Measuring
Dark Matter with Strong Gravitational Lensing. or Weak gravitational lensing: strech & flex of galaxies. or Two Point Correlation Functions. |
26.06.12 | Seitz |
| 7. xx | Spherical
Collapse in a Dark Energy Dominated Universe. or Spectral Energy Distributions of the first Stars and the Reionization of the universe. |
03.07.12 | Weller |
| 8. xx | Galaxy Models with NMAGIC. (Dark matter and structure formation in the Universe?) |
10.07.12 | Gerhard |
| 9. xx | Triggering
of star formation. or Explaining cosmic acceleration with dynamic and coupled Dark Energy models. |
17.07.12 | Preibisch |
Astrophysical advanced seminar
experimentally and observationally oriented
| Name | Topic | Date | Supervisor |
| 1. xx | FORS:
State-of-the-art instrumentation for optical studies. or VISIR: State-of-the-art instrumentation for thermal infrared studies. |
22.05.12 | Kissler-Patig |
| 2. xx | How
does one make precise measurements of 1 billion galaxies? or Advanced image processing: Deriving fundamental properties of the Galactic Center Supermassive Black Hole and its stellar neighborhood. |
(29.05.12) | Mohr |
| 3. xx | What
have we learned in the field of star formation from Optical Long
Baseline Interferometry. or Astronomical CCD Cameras. |
05.06.12 | Ratzka |
| 4. xx | The
stellar structure of the Galaxy. or Intermediate-mass Black Holes. |
12.06.12 | Phleps |
| 5. xx | `Needles
in the Heystack' Searching for Machos and Planets with the difference imaging technique. |
19.06.12 | Koppenhoefer |
| 6. xx | Synthesizing
stellar isochrones to observed stellar populations. or Exploring telescope optics: How do the largest optical systems work? |
26.06.12 | Riffeser |
| 7. xx | Optical
Interferometry: Breaking the diffraction limit of individual telescopes. or Advanced Adaptive Optics: Laser Guide Stars and Multi-Conjugated Adaptive Optics. |
03.07.12 | Gillessen/ Eisenhauer |
| 8. xx | Adaptive
optics and laser guide stars: Compensating the atmospheric turbulence for diffraction limited images. or SINFONI: Spectro-Imaging and threedimensional data. |
10.07.12 | Gillessen |
| 9. xx |
Probing the nature and
evolution of distant galaxies. or Detailed views of the era when stars have formed - the high-redshift Universe. |
17.07.12 | Kurk |
| Last updated April 2012 by A.W.A. Pauldrach uh10107@usm.lmu.de |