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PhD School on Astrophysical Dynamics of Gravitating Systems
Provider: Faculty of Science

Activity no.: 5920-24-11-31There are 30 available seats 
Enrollment deadline: 01/06/2024
PlaceNiels Bohr Institute
Date and time12.08.2024, at: 00:00 - 16.08.2024, at: 00:00
Regular seats30
ECTS credits2.50
Contact personMia Strauss Brandt    E-mail address: mia.brandt@nbi.ku.dk
Enrolment Handling/Course OrganiserMartin Elias Pessah    E-mail address: mpessah@nbi.ku.dk
Semester/BlockSummer
Exam detailsExam form: Attendance to all session / Continuous assessment
Grading scalePassed / Not passed
Aim and content
The PhD School aims at introducing PhD students to several active fields in astrophysical dynamics in order to atract top-class talents. The goal is to introduce students to hot topics in planetary systems, black hole binaries, stellar clusters, and galaxies, including theoretical, numerical, and observational aspects.

Learning outcome
Knowledge:
• Introduction to theoretical and numerical tools to study the evolution of gravitating systems.
• Dynamical processes in gravitating systems dominated buy a central massive body.
• Interactions between binary systems and a third body with applications to the hot field of black hole binary mergers.
• State of the art observational aspects across several fields in astrophysics, including planetary systems, binary black holes, stellar cluster, and galaxies.

Skills:
• Carry out order of magnitude estimates of self-gravitating systems.
• Thorough understanding of key physical process in systems ranging from few bodies to many bodies – from Lidov-Kosai oscillations to statistical mechanics of many-body systems.
• Numerical skills needed to perform computer simulations of the long-term evolution of self-gravitating systems including planetary systems, binary black holes, stellar clusters, and galaxies.

Competences:
• The school will aim to endow the students with a broad range of theoretical and numerical tools to carry out research in astrophysical dynamics at all scales ranging from planetary systems, binary black holes, stellar clusters, and entire galaxies.

Literature
A list of relevant course literature will be assembled in collaboration with the lecturers so students can prepare in advance to take full advantage of the lectures and exercise sessions while in Copenhagen.

Target group
This PhD course will be of interest to students (and other young researchers) working in astrophysical dynamics (including planetary systems, binary black holes, stellar clusters, and galaxies.

Workload
• Preparation: 30 hours
• Lectures: 30 hours
• Practical exercises: 5 hours
• Theoretical exercises: 5 hours

Please apply for enrollment by filling out the application form AND by submitting an application via the school website -  https://indico.nbi.ku.dk/e/nbia-school-2024.

The school is open to all international students and KU students will be given priority. For inquiries please contact Martin Pessah at mpessah@nbi.ku.dk.

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