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Welcome to the course material Simulation and Modeling in Astrophysics

Lecture material for MSc student at Leiden University

Instructors:

• Teacher: Simon Portegies Zwart
• Assistants: Veronica Saz Ulibarrena, and Gijs Vermariën

Objectives:

This course teaches you how to perform research with existing computational tools and simulation codes. This will be done using the AMUSE software. Students, in small groups, will work on various projects and present their work.

Further information:

• e-Prospectus link

Lectures are weekly on Wednesdays from 6 September to 13 December (except 15 November):

• 11:00-12:45 (lectures) HL111
• 13:15-16:15 (working lecture) HL111

Final evaluation: Report and Presentations

• Preliminary: 20 December