This is an introductory course on modern research in astronomy which will be taught in English. The students will learn how research is carried out by astronomers at the Observatory, the career paths and daily activities of typical astronomical researchers, how we communicate our research to other scientists, and more specifically, how to prepare and give a talk to other scientific researchers. The course covers how to carry out literature searches (using ADS and astro-ph), how to read and understand scientific papers, through to preparing and presenting a talk to the rest of the class on an area of extrasolar planet research. The presentation will be videotaped and assessed.

Website http://www.strw.leidenuniv.nl/~vdburg/MO.html

Location and time

Instruction sessions:

Wednesday September 14, HL214 15:45

Wednesday September 21, HL214 15:45

Wednesday October 5, HL214 15:45

Wednesday October 12, HL214 15:45

Wednesday October 19, HL214 15:45

Wednesday December 14, Sitterzaal 15:45

Presentation sessions:

Wednesday November 2, Sitterzaal 15:45

Tuesday November 22, HL204 15:45

Wednesday November 30, Sitterzaal 15:45

Wednesday December 7, HL204 15:45

Handouts

01_MO_Introduction.pdf

02_MO_Literature_Searching.pdf

03_MO_Preparing_a_Talk.pdf

04_MO_Catalogues.pdf

05_MO_Exoplanets.pdf

Homework assignments

MOassignments.pdf (due October 5th)

MOsolutions.pdf

Articles

Charbonneau 2000 ApJ.pdf

This page will be updated regularly to contain up-to-date information.