Course Dates Credits
Galaxy Formation and Evolution I 4
Lecturers
Andrea Lapi

Program:

PART I: OBSERVATIONS

  • Cosmological Framework
  • Local Galaxies
  • Local Star-forming Galaxies
  • Local Quiescent Galaxies
  • Local Galactic Environment
  • Distant Galaxies

    PART II: THEORY
  • Dark Matter Halos
  • Baryonic Processes
  • Formation of Primeval Galaxies
  • Formation of Galaxy Components
  • Assembly History of Galaxies
  • Numerical Simulations

    Prerequisites:

    Basics of astrophysics and cosmology from master courses.

    Books:

  • Lecture notes (A. Lapi), see Website: https://lapi.jimdo.com/teaching/
  • Introduction to Galaxy Formation and Evolution by A. Cimatti, F. Fraternali, C. Nipoti (2019, Cambridge Univ. Press)
  • Galaxy Formation and Evolution by H. Mo, F. van den Bosch, S. White (2010, Cambridge Univ. Press)
  • Theoretical Astrophysics – vol. III by T. Padmanabhan (2012, Cambridge Univ. Press)
  • Cosmology by S. Weinberg (2008, Oxford Univ. Press)

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