Extragalactic Astrophysics

The course is designed to provide students with an overview on the main physical properties and on some of the physical processes which underlie our current understanding of the formation and evolution of galaxies and galaxy clusters. Both theoretical and observational aspects will be discussed during the course.

At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
1. Describe the main morphological and structural properties of galaxies and galaxy clusters, starting from multiwavelength observations
2. Understand and discuss several physical processes related to the formation and evolution of galaxies and galaxy clusters
3. Build theoretical models and compare them to observations to measure some physical properties of galaxies and galaxy clusters
4. Set and solve problems in extragalactic astrophysics
5. Use real data from public databases to analyse galaxies and galaxy clusters
6. Read and present papers about extragalactic astrophysics
7. Characterise the main elements of different numerical simulations