Enrollment year
2017/2018
Academic discipline
FIS/05 (ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
Curriculum
Fisica teorica
Period
2nd semester (01/03/2018 - 15/06/2018)
Lesson hours
48 lesson hours
Prerequisites
Principles of special relativity and particle physics.
Learning outcomes
Learning of basic concepts of modern cosmology and astrophysics, with particular emphasis on those related to the last stages of stellar evolution.
Course contents
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.
Reccomended or required readings
H. Bradt: "Astrophysical Processes: The Physics of Astronomical Phenomena", Cambridge University Press.
Assessment methods
Oral examination. It will required a quick presentation (10 min with slides) on a topic chosen by the student, and the answering of some questions on other topics.
Further information
Oral examination. It will required a quick presentation (10 min with slides) on a topic chosen by the student, and the answering of some questions on other topics.
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