Binney Merrifield Galactic Astronomy Pdf
Textbook (required): Galactic Dynamics (Second Edition) by James Binney. Other useful references: Galactic Astronomy by James Binney & Michael Merrifield.
Since it was first published in 1987, Galactic Dynamics has become the most widely used advanced textbook on the structure and dynamics of galaxies and one of the most cited references in astrophysics. Now, in this extensively revised and updated edition, James Binney and Scott Tremaine describe the dramatic recent advances in this subject, making Galactic Dynamics the most authoritative introduction to galactic astrophysics available to advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers. Every part of the book has been thoroughly overhauled, and many sections have been completely rewritten. Many new topics are covered, including N-body simulation methods, black holes in stellar systems, linear stability and response theory, and galaxy formation in the cosmological context. Binney and Tremaine, two of the world's leading astrophysicists, use the tools of theoretical physics to describe how galaxies and other stellar systems work, succinctly and lucidly explaining theoretical principles and their applications to observational phenomena. Autocad lisp programs free download.
They provide readers with an understanding of stellar dynamics at the level needed to reach the frontiers of the subject. This new edition of the classic text is the definitive introduction to the field.?
AY 202a --- Galaxies and Dynamics Harvard Department of Astronomy (Catalog #8237), Fall Term 2009/10 Professor John Huchra Observatory P-309 495-7375 huchra@cfa.harvard.edu TA Joey Munoz Observatory P-203 495-9501 jamunoz@cfa.harvard.edu John's Assistant Lisa Catella Observatory P-323 495-7390 lcatella@cfa.harvard.edu The class meets Monday+Wednesday 10:15-11:45 A.M. In the Observatory Classroom (in A building). First meeting Wednesday, September 2th. The goal of this course is to provide students with an overview of extragalactic astronomy and the astrophysics that describes the workings of galaxies.
We will study the basics of extragalactic astronomy, the properties of galaxies and galactic nuclei, stellar and gas dynamics, clusters of galaxies, the large scale distribution of galaxies and galaxy clusters and their use as cosmological tools. Further details of mathematical cosmology and observations will be provided in AY202b in the following spring term.
We will use Peter Schneider's Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology as the primary textbook (ISBN-10 3-540-33174-3, Springer), and will also cover some material from two other very useful texts, Binney & Tremaine's Galactic Dynamics (ISBN, Princeton) and Binney & Merrifield's Galactic Astronomy (ISBN, Princeton). Both of these are well worth having on your astronomical bookshelf and can be obtained at several booksellers including the COOP. (see links on JPH's homepage for alternatives). The course will be graded in part on problem sets (50%), class participation (10%) and the take home final exam (40%).