Lucio Massimiliano Mayer: Katalogdaten im Herbstsemester 2018 |
| Name | Herr Prof. Dr. Lucio Massimiliano Mayer (Professor Universität Zürich (UZH)) |
| Adresse | Inst. f. Teilchen- und Astrophysik ETH Zürich, HIT J 12.1 Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 27 8093 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| lmayer@ethz.ch | |
| Departement | Physik |
| Beziehung | Dozent |
| Nummer | Titel | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401-7855-00L | Computational Astrophysics (University of Zurich) Der Kurs muss direkt an der UZH belegt werden. UZH Modulkürzel: AST245 Beachten Sie die Einschreibungstermine an der UZH: https://www.uzh.ch/cmsssl/de/studies/application/mobilitaet.html | 6 KP | 2V | L. M. Mayer | |
| Kurzbeschreibung | |||||
| Lernziel | Acquire knowledge of main methodologies for computer-based models of astrophysical systems,the physical equations behind them, and train such knowledge with simple examples of computer programmes | ||||
| Inhalt | 1. Integration of ODE, Hamiltonians and Symplectic integration techniques, time adaptivity, time reversibility 2. Large-N gravity calculation, collisionless N-body systems and their simulation 3. Fast Fourier Transform and spectral methods in general 4. Eulerian Hydrodynamics: Upwinding, Riemann solvers, Limiters 5. Lagrangian Hydrodynamics: The SPH method 6. Resolution and instabilities in Hydrodynamics 7. Initial Conditions: Cosmological Simulations and Astrophysical Disks 8. Physical Approximations and Methods for Radiative Transfer in Astrophysics | ||||
| Literatur | Galactic Dynamics (Binney & Tremaine, Princeton University Press), Computer Simulation using Particles (Hockney & Eastwood CRC press), Targeted journal reviews on computational methods for astrophysical fluids (SPH, AMR, moving mesh) | ||||
| Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | Some knowledge of UNIX, scripting languages (see www.physik.uzh.ch/lectures/informatik/python/ as an example), some prior experience programming, knowledge of C, C++ beneficial | ||||
| 402-0101-00L | The Zurich Physics Colloquium  | 0 KP | 1K | R. Renner, G. Aeppli, C. Anastasiou, G. Blatter, S. Cantalupo, C. Degen, G. Dissertori, K. Ensslin, T. Esslinger, J. Faist, M. Gaberdiel, T. K. Gehrmann, G. M. Graf, R. Grange, J. Home, S. Huber, A. Imamoglu, P. Jetzer, S. Johnson, U. Keller, K. S. Kirch, S. Lilly, L. M. Mayer, J. Mesot, B. Moore, D. Pescia, A. Refregier, A. Rubbia, T. C. Schulthess, M. Sigrist, A. Vaterlaus, R. Wallny, A. Wallraff, W. Wegscheider, A. Zheludev, O. Zilberberg | |
| Kurzbeschreibung | Research colloquium | ||||
| Lernziel | |||||
| 402-0800-00L | The Zurich Theoretical Physics Colloquium | 0 KP | 1K | O. Zilberberg, C. Anastasiou, G. Blatter, M. Gaberdiel, T. K. Gehrmann, G. M. Graf, S. Huber, P. Jetzer, L. M. Mayer, B. Moore, R. Renner, T. C. Schulthess, M. Sigrist, Uni-Dozierende | |
| Kurzbeschreibung | Research colloquium | ||||
| Lernziel | The Zurich Theoretical Physics Colloquium is jointly organized by the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich. Its mission is to bring both students and faculty with diverse interests in theoretical physics together. Leading experts explain the basic questions in their field of research and communicate the fascination for their work. | ||||