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Olof van den Berg
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WHO & WHAT
I am a graduated student from the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, which is part of the University of Groningen. For my Master Thesis, also known as the Large Research project, I worked under the supervision of Dr. M. Pohlen and Prof. Dr. R.F. Peletier, researching the topic of thick disks in disk galaxies.

PAPERS & POSTERS
Here is a list of papers I have written and posters I have made during my study. All files are in pdf-format. Next to the paper title you can also download a postscript version.

Master Thesis (Groot Onderzoek):
25-08-2006 Vertical Structures of Late-Type Edge-On Disk Galaxies [ps] [html]

Dutch Astronomers Conference 2006 (Poster of my Groot Onderzoek):
10-05-2006 Edge-On Disk Galaxies in the Near-Infrared

Klein Onderzoek (Small Research Project):
06-10-2005 Determining the Hubble Constant with Modified Newtonian dynamics [ps]

Stellar Atmospheres (Course):
28-10-2003 Rudimentary model atmosphere Pt. 3 [ps]
27-10-2003 Rudimentary model atmosphere Pts. 1 & 2 [ps]

High Energy Astrophysics (Course):
17-06-2002 Sources of gravitational radiation [ps]

Large Scale Structure of the Universe (Course):
10-05-2002 Alternative cosmologies [ps]

Structure of Galaxies (Course):
15-02-2002 Structure of galaxies project [ps] Warning: in dutch!

Scientific Communication (Course):
07-02-2000 Could life have developed on other places in our solarsystem? [ps]

ASTRONOMICAL LINKS
A list of websites that I use for my study:

Astronomical resources

Computational guides and tutorials Master Thesis related sites

NON-ASTRONOMICAL LINKS
A list of websites that I do not use for my study:

News and Information

Webcomics Miscellaneous

PEOPLE AT THE KAPTEYN INSTITUTE
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