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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: Gijs Vermariën and Veronica Saz Ulibarrena

Objectives:

In this course you will learn 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 presentation their work.

Further information:

• e-Prospectus link
• timetable

Lectures are weekly on Wednesday's from 7 September to 14 November with the exemption of November 16th:

• from 11:15 to 13:00 (lectures)
• from 14:15 to 17:00 (practical)

Final evaluation: Report and Presentations

• Preliminary: 14 December