Physics 523: Galaxies
  • Class Notes

    These are the notes I use for the Physics 523 lecture. They are written primarily to aid me when I give lectures, and thus are not always suitable as "stand alone" notes. Some of the material covered in these notes were not actually covered in class for various reasons (or covered in a different order), so please keep this in mind when comparing these to material covered in class.

    Specific slides shown in class are in the "Powerpoint Notes" links.

    Acknowledgements: The information contained within these notes come from various sources. In addition to the textbooks that are listed in general comments, some of the notes come from lectures given by Dave Jewitt (U. of Hawaii), Neil Trentham (Cambridge), and John Kormendy (U of. Texas). In addition, I acknowledge useful conversations with Sylvain Veilleux (U. of Maryland), Julianne Dalcanton (U. of Washington), and John Hibbard (NRAO). Last, but not least, I thank Noriaki Yahata (Stony Brook) for scanning in the figures.

  • Opening Comments (Latex'ed PDF Version)

  • Some Definitions (Old Latex'ed PDF Version) (Powerpoint Notes)
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  • Introduction to Galaxies (Old Latex'ed PDF Version) (Powerpoint Notes)

  • Galaxy Classification and Trends with Hubble Type (Old Latex'ed PDF Version) (Powerpoint Notes)
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  • Components of Galaxies: Stars (Old Latex'ed PDF Version) (Powerpoint Notes)
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  • Components of Galaxies: Dust (Old Latex'ed PDF Version) (Powerpoint Notes)
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  • Components of Galaxies: Gas (Old Latex'ed PDF Version) (Powerpoint Notes)
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  • Components of Galaxies: Black Holes (Old Latex'ed PDF Version) (Powerpoint Notes)
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  • Components of Galaxies: Dark Matter (Powerpoint Notes) Updated March 3, 2006

  • Nearly Normal Galaxies 1: Elliptical Galaxies and Bulges (Old Latex'ed PDF Version) (Powerpoint Notes)
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  • Nearly Normal Galaxies 2: Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies (Old Latex'ed PDF Version) (Powerpoint Notes - revised April, 2004)

  • Nearly Normal Galaxies 3: Spiral Galaxies (Old Latex'ed PDF Version) (Powerpoint Notes)

  • Star Formation in Galaxies (Old Latex'ed PDF Version) (Powerpoint Notes)

  • Active Galaxies and Emission Line Spectra (Old Latex'ed PDF Version) (Powerpoint Notes)

  • Galaxy Mergers (Powerpoint Notes - Relaxation and Tidal Force Derivations added)

  • The Galaxy Luminosity Function (Old Latex'ed PDF Version) (Powerpoint Notes)

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