Winter Term 2018/2019
Lecture Time: Tuesdays, 9:15 - 11:00 a.m.
Tutorial Class: Mondays, 9:15 - 11:00 a.m.
Location for Lecture and Tutorial: Philosophenweg 12, R056
First lecture: Tuesday, October 16, 2018First tutorial: Monday, October 29, 2018 4 CP for lecture, homework and tutorial class
Preliminary Outline:
- Introduction, Diversity of Planetary Systems
- Planetary Orbits
- Radial Velocity Method, Spectrographs
- Transit Photometry
- Transit Spectroscopy
- Astrometry
- Microlensing, Direct Imaging
- Planets in Extreme Environments
- Population Synthesis, Planet Atmospheres
- The Solar System
- Planet and Star Formation
- Habitability, Future Instruments
There will also be homework assignments and a separate tutorial class!