Universität Wien

280411 VU Stars and Planetary Systems (2023W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 28 - Erdwissenschaften, Meteorologie - Geophysik und
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 90 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 21.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Littrow-Hörsaal Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Tuesday 28.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Littrow-Hörsaal Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Thursday 30.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Thursday 30.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Thursday 30.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Tuesday 05.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Littrow-Hörsaal Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Thursday 07.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Thursday 07.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Thursday 07.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Tuesday 12.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Littrow-Hörsaal Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Thursday 14.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Thursday 14.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Thursday 14.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Tuesday 09.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Littrow-Hörsaal Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Thursday 11.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Thursday 11.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Thursday 11.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Tuesday 16.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Littrow-Hörsaal Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Thursday 18.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Thursday 18.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Thursday 18.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Tuesday 23.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Littrow-Hörsaal Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Thursday 25.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Thursday 25.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Thursday 25.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 1 Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17
  • Tuesday 30.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Littrow-Hörsaal Astronomie Sternwarte, Türkenschanzstraße 17

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

We will cover topics related to stars and planetary systems,
- Stars: HR diagram, pre-main sequence to supernovae, nuclear timescales
- Stars: age determination, activity and magnetic fields
- Protoplanetary disks: formation and evolution, observations
- Planet formation and debris disks: dissipation of gas, dust growth
- Exoplanets: observing techniques, statistics
- Atmospheres: observations, Earth and exoplanets

Assessment and permitted materials

Exercise (50%) and exam (50%). Each exercise session comes with a pop-up quiz and a homework sheet.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Final grade is given by:
50% Exam
50% Exercise

To pass the course a student has to attend both exam and exercises.
The quizzes during the Exercise session will be graded and only the best 4 quizzes for each student will taken into account.

The grade will be reduced if the following criteria are not fulfilled:
- at least 4 homework submitted (doesn't have to be correctly solved but problems addressed)
- min. one presentation at the board

Grading key:
100% - 91%: Very good
90% - 78%: Good
77% - 61%: Satisfactory
60% - >50%: Pass
<=50%: Fail

Homework must be handed in time and in a readable form. Please do not use light pens on a white background, be aware of margins when sending your scanned documents.

Examination topics

Topics covered in the lecture, quizzes and exercises.

Reading list

Will be provided on Day 1

Association in the course directory

SPS; PM-AP1;

Last modified: Tu 21.11.2023 10:28