Description of qualifications
Objective: the course will give the students a detailed account of the evolution of the Milky Way within our current paradigm of large-scale structure formation in a CDM Universe. The course will review the formation processes that shaped the Milky Way, the main structural components of our Galaxy, their chemical, physical, and kinematic properties by detailed analysis of its stellar and gas components, and their evolution and changes across the Hubble time.
Intended Learning Outcomes:
Outline different methods for determining properties of stars
Review the observational characteristics and basic dynamics of the main components of the Milky Way (bulge, disk, halo)
Compare predictions of dynamic and chemical models of the Milky Way with properties of resolved stellar populations
Reflect on the different physical processes shaping our Galaxy throughout its evolution based on state-of-the-art observations
Explain the theory of galaxy formation in a cosmological framework
Contents
Properties of composite stellar populations and star clusters
Structural properties of the Milky Way
Stellar dynamics and chemical evolution of the Galaxy
Formation and evolution of galaxies in a cosmological framework
