Concept

Galactic halo

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Rotation of the Milky Way and Oort Constants

Explores the rotation of the Milky Way galaxy and the determination of Oort constants.

Series explores the dynamics of stars and galaxies, covering topics such as stellar orbits, collisionless systems, and the Milky Way's structures.

The Matter Content in the Universe

Explores the matter content in the universe, including galaxy mass, dark matter relics, and the history of the universe.

Motion of the Sun in the Milky Way

Explores the Sun's motion in the Milky Way galaxy and the solar neighborhood.

Stellar Orbits: Understanding Galactic Dynamics

Covers the dynamics of stellar orbits in the Milky Way, focusing on the Sun's neighborhood and the significance of Oort constants and epicyclic frequencies.

Potential Theory: Spherical Systems

Explores potential theory in spherical systems, including Nobel Prize-winning research on galactic centers.

Galactic Orbits and Oort Constants

Explores stellar orbits in galaxies, focusing on Oort constants, integrals of motion, and galactic potentials.

Galaxies: Evolution and Morphology

Explores the evolution and morphology of galaxies, from elliptical galaxies lacking star formation to spiral galaxies with young stars.

Stellar Orbits: Stability and Resonances

Explores the stability of orbits, effective potential shape, and resonances in stellar dynamics.

Spiral Structures in Rotating Systems

Explores the stability of rotating systems, focusing on spiral structures and the winding problem in observed spirals.

Cosmology and the Milky Way: An Overview

Covers the standard model in cosmology and the structure of the Milky Way, including dark matter and galaxy formation.

Stellar Orbits and Galactic Rotation

Explores stellar orbits, Oort constants, and integral of motion in the Milky Way.

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Stellar and Galactic Dynamics: Course Introduction

Introduces the course on Stellar and Galactic Dynamics, covering self-gravitating systems and their evolution under gravity.

Spherical Systems: Models and Potentials

Explores spherical systems, models, and potentials, including circular speed and escape speed.

Stellar and Galactic Dynamics

Explores the formation and evolution of galaxies, galactic dynamics, stellar orbits, and equilibria of collisionless systems in astrophysics.

The Milky Way and Galaxy Classification

Explores the Milky Way's structure and galaxy classification based on the Hubble-De Vaucouleurs Sequence.

Galaxy Disk Models: Orbits and Potentials

Explores galaxy disk models, orbits, potentials, and circular velocity in disk galaxies.

Galaxies Overview: Types and Structures

Covers the Milky Way, galaxy classification, types, and structures.

Hydrogen in Galaxies

Explores the role of hydrogen in galaxies, its forms, interactions, and measurement methods.