ASTRO 3303

Galaxies Across Cosmic Time

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2021-2022.

This course provides an overview of our current understanding of how galaxies have evolved over the last 13+ billion years and how their evolution has been influenced by their local intergalactic environment. We will look at the evidence that links supermassive black holes, gas accretion and merger events to galaxy evolution and track the star formation rate from early to current epochs. Additional topics will include the formation and distribution of clusters and groups of galaxies, the importance of dark matter and how galaxy evolution fits into the framework of current cosmological models.

When Offered Fall.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: MATH 1120, MATH 1910, or MATH 1920, PHYS 1112, PHYS 1116, or PHYS 2217 or permission of instructor.

Distribution Category (PBS-AS, PHS-AS)

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