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%
      ras@astro...      office hrs by appt (e-mail)                        
                                                                        

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

Class hours:  MWTh 9:30-10:30 am in 106 Robinson

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

 1. (1/6) Overview, Distance Determinations          (BM Ch. 1; BM2.1-2.3)
 2. (1/7) The Solar Neighborhood; Stellar Pops I     (BM 3)        

 3. (1/11) Rotation Curve; Gas Distribution          (BM9.1-9.3)  
 4. (1/13) Inner Disk; Stellar Pops II               (BM9.4; notes)
 5. (1/14) Kinematics and Metallicity                (BM10.3-10.4)         
                                                               
 6. (1/18) Halo, Bulge, Bar, and Center              (BM 10; BM 6)
 7. (1/20) Stellar Population Ages, Chemical Evol.   (BM 5)
	(no class 1/21)

 8. (1/25) ELBS Picture and Milky Way Formation      (BM10.7)

			Part II -- External Galaxies

 9. (1/27) Galactic Distances; Stellar Luminosity    (BM 6,7) 
                Function, Initial Mass Function                              
 10. (1/28) Galaxy Classification/Morphology          (BM 4; notes)

 11. (2/1)  Structural Properties of Galaxies         (BM 4) 
 12. (2/3)  Galaxy Scaling Relations                  (BM 4,7) 
 13. (2/4)  Review of Stellar Evolution;              (BT Ch 9; BM 5; notes) 
                integrated stellar pops 

 14. (2/8) Spectral synthesis; galaxy SEDs,           (BM Ch 5)
		non-stellar emission mechanisms

			Part III -- Stellar Dynamics

 15. (2/10) Stellar Dynamics 1                        (BT Ch. 2,3) 
 16. (2/11) Stellar Dynamics 2                        (BT Ch. 3,4) 
--- project ---
		(2/15 no class)
 17. (2/17)  Dynamical Mass Measurements;            (BM Ch. 11; BT Ch. 10)
		 Dark Matter in Galaxies
 18. (2/18)  Relaxation processes                    (notes; BT Ch. 8)

 19. (2/22)  Star Clusters & Dynamics                (BM Ch. 6; BT Ch 8)
 20. (2/24)  Dynamics of Elliptical Galaxies         (BM 11.2, notes)    
 21. (2/25)  Tidal shocks, dynamical friction        (notes; BT Ch. 7)
                                                            
 22. (3/1)   Galaxy mergers, interactions            (notes)
 23. (3/3)   Galaxy evolution considerations         (notes; review articles) 
 24. (3/4)   Resonances, Bars, Spiral Structure      (BT Ch6; BM Ch 9)
                                                                  
 25. (3/8)   Current Topics: Lenses & Galaxy         (notes)
		Dark Matter
 26. (3/10)  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