University of Sussex
Galactic Structure
Spring 2008

Official Course Document

Study Direct Page

Lecture Notes

Summary (2 pages)

Problem Sheets

1. problems (not assessed)
2. problems (assessed)
3. problems
4. problems
5. problems
6. problems

Talks

Useful links

• Past exam papers (under previous course code)
• Galaxies in the Universe web page
• Frei & Gunn Galaxy Catalog
• Gene Smith's Astronomy Tutorial

Some recent papers

• Mass distribution in the Galactic disc (Kuijken & Gilmore)
• Intrinsic Galaxy Shapes (Tremblay & Merritt)
• Mass models of the Milky Way (Dehnen & Binney)
• Kinematics of the Nearly Face-on Spiral Galaxy NGC 1232 (van Zee & Bryant)
• Review paper on rotation curves (Battaner & Florido)
• Review paper on rotation curves (Sofue & Rubin)
• Surface brightness fluctuations as a distance indicator
• Galaxies: From Kinematics to Dynamics (Merrifield)
• Observing the Dark Matter Density Profile of Isolated Galaxies (Prada et al)
• Dark Matter in the Local Galactic Disk (Zekser)
• Constraints on Field Galaxy Halos from Weak Lensing and Satellite Dynamics (Brainerd)
• Dark Matter on Galactic Scales (or the Lack Thereof) (Merrifield)