2017 Phenomenology of Galaxies

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Course materials

• Syllabus/ROASS
• Actual (updated) Topics List
• Schedule A
• PQRST study method
• Presentation Criteria
• Learning Portfolio
• Extended Learning Portfolio

Seminars

Literature

Required Textbooks:

"Galaxies in the Universe", Sparke, Linda and Gallagher, John S. III. Cambridge University Press, Second Edition, 2007

Supplemental Textbooks:

"Galactic Astronomy. Binney, James, and Merrifield, Michael." Princeton University Press, 1998. "Galactic Astronomy. Mihalas, Dimitri and Binney, James." Princeton University Press, 1981.
"Astrophysics: Decoding the Cosmos. Judith Irwin." Wiley, 2007

Journal Papers:

Galaxy Disks P.C. van der Kruit and K.C. Freeman 2011, Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 49, p.301
Galaxies and Their Environments, Judith A. Irwin 1995, PASP, 107,715
---- colour version of Figure 1
Rotation Curves of Spiral Galaxies, Yoshiaki Sofue & Vera Rubin 2001, Ann. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. Vol. 39

Other References:

"Galaxies and Galactic Structure", Elmegreen, Debra Meloy. Prentice Hall, 1997
"Galactic Dynamics", Binney, James and Tremaine, Scott. Princeton Series in Astrophysics, 1987
"Galaxies and cosmology", Combes, Francoise. Springer, 1995

Websites:

Level 5 at NASA/Ipac Extragalactic Database (NED)