2013/2014

2014/2015

DM270

FIS/05 (ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS)

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

FISICA TEORICA

2°

2nd semester (02/03/2015 - 12/06/2015)

6

48 lesson hours

ITALIAN

ORAL TEST

TIENGO ANDREA (titolare) - 6 ECTS

None

Learning of basic concepts of modern cosmology and astrophysics, with particular emphasis on those related to the last stages of stellar evolution.

The main topics of the course are:
- radiative processes in astrophysics: blackbody, bremsstrahlung, cyclotron and syncrotron, inverse Compton;
- basic cosmology and cosmic microwave background;
- galaxy clusters and Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect;
- star formation and evolution;
- supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts;
- compact objects: white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes;
- binary systems and accretion;
- exoplanets.

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H. Bradt: "Astrophysical Processes: The Physics of Astronomical Phenomena", Cambridge University Press.

Oral examination.

Oral examination.