AY 124:   Structure and Dynamics of Galaxies              Winter Term 1999-2000

                       Chuck Steidel / Mark Metzger
 TA:  Matt Hunt        216 Robinson  / 218 Robinson    Grades:  Homework   40%
      03 Robinson      ph. 395-4168  / ph. 395-4726             Final Exam 40%
      ph. 395-4026     ccs@astro     / mrm@grus                 Lit. proj. 20%
      mph@astro         office hrs by appt (e-mail)                        
                                                                        

Class WWW URL:  http://astro.caltech.edu/~ccs/classes/ay124.html

Class hours: Monday 1-2:30, Weds. 2:30-4 in Robinson 106 

                            Part I:  The Milky Way
     L#          Topic                                               (Reading)            

 [C] 1. (1/5) Overview, Distance Determinations, solar nbhd.   (BM Ch. 1; BM2.1-2.3)

 [C] 2. (1/10) Stellar Populations I                           (BM 3)        
        (1/12)   NO CLASS         

 [C] 3. (1/17) Stellar Lum Fn., IMF                            (BM 6,7)
 [M] 4. (1/19) The Galactic disk; structure and kinematics     (BM 9.4, 10; notes)

 [C] 5. (1/24) Galactic halo, bulge, bar, and center           (BM 10; BM 6)
 [M] 6. (1/26) Stellar Dynamics I                              (BT 2,3)

 [M] 7. (1/31) Stellar Dynamics II                             (BT 3,4) 
 [M] 8. (2/2)  Dyamics of star clusters, core collapse         (BM 6; BT 8)

 [C] 9. (2/7)  Stellar Populations II-- ages, chem. abundances (BM 5,10)
                  MW formation scenarios

           -------- mid-term literature project due 2/16 --------
                    
                           Part II External Galaxies

 [C]10. (2/9)  Intro galaxies--classification, structure       (BM 4, notes)

 [C]11. (2/14) Galaxy scaling relations; mass measurements     (BM 4,7)
 [M]12. (2/16) Dynamics of Elliptical Galaxies                 (BM 11.2, notes) 

        (2/21)  NO CLASS-- President's day
 [C]13. (2/23) Galaxy spectra, SEDs, non-stellar emission      (BM 5)

 [C]14. (2/28) Tidal shocks, dynamical friction                (BT 7, notes)
 [C]15. (3/1)  Galaxy mergers, interactions, galaxy evol'n     (notes, review articles)

 [M]16. (3/6)  Spiral structure, density waves, resonances     (BT 6; BM 9)
 [M]17. (3/8)  Clusters of Galaxies                            (notes)
    
            -------- final exam--handed out 3/10 due 3/15 --------

Texts:

BM: Binney \& Merrifield, Galactic Astronomy, 1998 
BT: Binney \& Tremaine, Galactic Dynamics, 1987

Other References on Reserve in Robinson library