PROFESSOR: Michael Shull
TIME AND PLACE: Thursday 4:00 - 5:00 pm, DUANE E-126. You can check the list below for the schedule of topics and assigned discussion leaders.
COURSE HOME PAGE: http://casa.colorado.edu/~mshull/feedback/
GOALS OF THIS COURSE:
This seminar is intended primarily for APS and Physics graduate students,
and is tied to one of the graduate Astrophysics courses this term:
ASTR 5770 (Cosmology).
The seminar provides an opportunity for graduate students to explore
one area of current research in depth, by reading and discussing
review articles and research papers.
READINGS:
In this seminar, we will read and discuss classical and current research papers
on the subject of "Feedback from Galaxies and Quasars". Feedback processes
(radiation, mass, energy, and heavy elements) can affect the intergalactic medium
(IGM), circumgalactic medium (CGM), reionization, and chemical evolution.
Some recent review papers on high-z galaxies, quasars, and reionization include:
For those of you who wish to read about Cosmology in more detail,
here is a useful link to a
Cosmology Tutorial,
a Web-Tutorial, written by Ned Wright of UCLA, complete with Frequently Asked
Questions, News of the Universe, even sections on "Cosmology and Religion"
and "Cosmology and Art".
PREREQUISITES: Undergraduate degree in Physics
(especially classical mechanics, modern physics, statistical and thermal
physics, electromagnetic theory) or permission of the instructor MATHEMATICAL SKILLS REQUIRED:
Math and physical concepts in the
early universe at an advanced level.