https://sigarra.up.pt/fcup/pt/ucurr_geral.ficha_uc_view?pv_ocorrencia_id=498807
Catarina Lobo: clobo@fc.up.pt
Jean Gomes: jean@astro.up.pt
ANALYSIS OF SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF GALAXIES
Star Formation and Chemical Evolution History of galaxies
This repository contains materials related to a course on extragalactic astronomy, including lecture notes, and one homework assignment.
The repository also includes a Python script for calculating parameters related to the spectral synthesis and the code FADO (www.spectralsynthesis.org), which may be useful for other students or researchers interested in this area of astronomy.
The assessment is an IPython notebook titled "Assignment 2023" and is part of a course on extragalactic astronomy. The notebook is structured into five sections, each addressing a specific problem or question related to extragalactic astronomy:
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Asks the student to generate an artificial star cluster with a given Salpeter initial mass function (IMF) and plot a histogram of stars as a function of mass.
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Involves computing the time evolution of colors due to the stellar populations.
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The student is asked to evaluate some quantitites and create a tables with the sizes ofgalaxies using photometric values.
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Involves analysing the FADO spectral synthesis by-products, classification of galaxies according to classical diagnostic diagrams using optical emission-line ratios.
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Finally, we ask the student to give additional thoughts on the data just analysed.
Throughout the notebook, the student is asked to provide explanations for their calculations and interpretations of their results.
The notebook contains detailed instructions and hints for each problem, as well as example code and links to relevant resources. Overall, the assessment covers a range of topics in extragalactic astronomy, including stellar populations, galaxy evolution, and cosmology.