2017/2018

2018/2019

DM270

FIS/05 (ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS)

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

Fisica della materia

2°

2nd semester (04/03/2019 - 14/06/2019)

6

48 lesson hours

Italian

ORAL TEST

CATTANEO PAOLO WALTER (titolare) - 6 ECTS

It is desirable that the sudents have followed the courses of the first three years relevant for the course topic:
- Introduction to nuclear physics
- Introduction to subnuclear physics
- Introduction to astronomy

Introduction to the high energy astrophysical topics most closely related to the particle physics. The expected results are the possibility of dealing without support the literarure on those arguments.

The main topics are:
- Phenomenology of high energy cosmic rays
- Phenomenology of high energy cosmic neutrinos
-Experiments dedicated to high energy cosmic rays
-Experiments dedicated to high energy cosmic neutrinos
-Phenomenology of gravitational waves
-Experiments dedicated to gravitational waves
- Phenomenology of dark matter
- Direct and indirect detection of dark matter

Lectures supported with slides. The slides are later available to the students on the lecturer web site.

- Cosmic rays and particle physics, T, Gaisser, Cambridge University Press

- Lezioni di cosmologia teorica, Maurizio Gasperini, Springer-Verlag 2012

- Theory of ' gravitational interaction, Maurizio Gasperini, Springer-Verlag 2010

- Introduction to particle cosmology, Cosimo Bambi e Alexandre D. Dolgov, Springer-Verlag 2016

- Cosmic ray astrophysics, Reinhard Schlickeiser, Springer-Verlag 2003

- Astroparticle physics, Claus Grupen, Springer-Verlag 2010

The examis only oral and consits of the first part where the student presents a topic of his/her choice discussed in the course,
possibly with
an in-depth discussion for 15'.
In the second part the lecturer questions the student on topics presented in the course not discussed in the first part,
for additional 15'.

Teaching resources available at: http://www2.pv.infn.it/~cattaneo/astroparticelle-2016-2017.html