Galaxy Evolution, Stellar Dynamics, Interstellar Matter

Friday 14:30 - 16:00, ARI seminarroom

This 'Masterpflichtseminar' is addressed exclusively to master students, who 
intend to obtain the mantadory 'MVSem'' certificate required for
master studies. It is organised as a journal club, where every
topic usually consists of a seminar talk by the student presenting
one or more recent research papers. An additional written report of the presentation is required.

Topic Plan

Direct Links to topics of H.-P. Gail , A. Just , T. Lisker

Supervisor: H.-P. Gail

• G1. What determines the grain size distribution in galaxies?
  Literature: Asano, Takeuchi, Hirashita & Nozawa (2013)
• G2. Solar system genealogy revealed by extinct short-lived radionuclides in meteorites; ²⁶Al in the Early Solar System: Not So Unusual after All
  Literature: Gounelle, M. and Meynet, G. and Jura, M. and Xu, S. and Young, E.~D. (2013)
• G3. TAKEN Coevolution of dust, gas and stars in galaxies - I. Spatial distributions and scaling-relations of dust and molecular hydrogen
  Literature: Bekki, K. (2013)
• G4. Superbubble evolution in disk galaxies. I. Study of blow-out by analytical models
  Literature: Baumgartner, V. and Breitschwerdt, D. (2013)
• G5. TAKEN The Chemical Evolution of the Milky Way: the Three Infall Model
  Literature: Micali, A. and Matteucci, F. and Romano, D. (2013)
• G6. Magnetic Nanoparticles in the Interstellar Medium: Emission Spectrum and Polarization
  Literature: Draine, B.~T. and Hensley, B. (2013)
• G7. The Importance of Physical Models for Deriving Dust Masses and Grain Size Distributions in Supernova Ejecta. I. Radiatively Heated Dust in the Crab Nebula
  Literature: Temim, T. and Dwek, E. (2013)
• G8. The supernova-regulated ISM - I. The multiphase structure
  Literature: Gent, F.~A. and Shukurov, A. and Fletcher, A. and Sarson, G.~R. and Mantere, M.~J. (mnras 432, 1396; 2013)

Supervisor: A. Just

• J1. TAKEN Stellar populations in the central 0.5pc of the Galaxy
  Literature: Do, Lu, et al. (2013) and Lu, Do, et al. (2013)
• J2. Disc scalelengths out to redshift 5.8
  Literature: Fathi et al. (2010) and Fathi et al. (2012)
• J3. TAKEN The birthplace of our solar system
  Literature: Wielen et al. (2006), Adams (Sect.6, 2010), and Pfalzner (2013)
• J4.TAKEN  A Galaxy Model from 2MASS Star Counts
  Literature: Polido et al. (2013)
• J5. Self-perpetuating Spiral Arms in Disk Galaxies
  Literature: D'Onghia et al. (2013)

Supervisor: T. Lisker

• L1. What makes dwarf galaxies diffuse and bulgeless?
  Literature: Governato et al. 2010, Mashchenko et al. 2008
• L2. TAKEN Origin and dark matter content of Milky Way satellite galaxies
  Literature: Casas et al. 2012, Strigari et al. 2008
• L3. TAKEN The effect of the large-scale environment on the evolution of galaxy populations
  Literature: Lietzen et al. 2012, Gavazzi et al. 2010
• L4. The influence of ram pressure on galaxies in clusters
  Literature: Bösch et al. 2013, Roediger 2009
• L5. TAKEN Clumpy objects at high redshifts: are they an early stage of spiral galaxy formation?
  Literature: Bournaud et al. 2007, Elmegreen et al. 2004

Practice groups

• Group 1
  8 participants