Fisica | ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY

cod. 0522600003

ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY

	0522600003
	DIPARTIMENTO DI FISICA "E.R. CAIANIELLO"
	EQF7
	PHYSICS
	2016/2017

PERCORSO COMUNE Cohort 2015/2016

	YEAR OF COURSE 2
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2014
	PRIMO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	FIS/02	6	48	LESSONS	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

	Objectives
	KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THE COURSE INTENDS TO PROVIDE AN EXHAUSTING SURVEY OF MODERN ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF A COMPLETE DICTIONARY FOR THE COMPREHENSION OF ALL PHENOMENA OBSERVED IN OUR UNIVERSE. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING STUDENTS LEARN HOW TO APPLY INTERDISCIPLINARY PHYSICS KNOWLEDGE TO HIGHLY COMPLEX SITUATIONS, SUCH AS THOSE STUDIED IN ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE COURSE INTENDS TO PROVIDE AN EXHAUSTING SURVEY OF MODERN ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF A COMPLETE DICTIONARY FOR THE COMPREHENSION OF ALL PHENOMENA OBSERVED IN OUR UNIVERSE.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
STUDENTS LEARN HOW TO APPLY INTERDISCIPLINARY PHYSICS KNOWLEDGE TO HIGHLY COMPLEX SITUATIONS, SUCH AS THOSE STUDIED IN ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY.

	Prerequisites
	ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY. ZEEMAN EFFECT, MASER, BLACK BODY. CANONICAL AND GRANCANONICAL ENSEMBLE, FERMI-DIRAC AND BOZE-EINSTEIN DISTRIBUTIONS. RELATIVISTIC KINEMATICS; BASICS OF GENERAL RELATIVITY; CLASSIFICATION OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES, BASICS OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS. SOMMERFELD MODEL OF SOLIDS. ELECTRODYNAMICS: RADIATION FROM A ROTATING DIPOLE, FARADAY ROTATION, SYNCHROTRON RADIATION, BREHMSSTRAHLUNG, INTERACTION OF RADIATION WITH MATTER.

Prerequisites

ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY. ZEEMAN EFFECT, MASER, BLACK BODY. CANONICAL AND GRANCANONICAL ENSEMBLE, FERMI-DIRAC AND BOZE-EINSTEIN DISTRIBUTIONS. RELATIVISTIC KINEMATICS; BASICS OF GENERAL RELATIVITY; CLASSIFICATION OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES, BASICS OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS. SOMMERFELD MODEL OF SOLIDS. ELECTRODYNAMICS: RADIATION FROM A ROTATING DIPOLE, FARADAY ROTATION, SYNCHROTRON RADIATION, BREHMSSTRAHLUNG, INTERACTION OF RADIATION WITH MATTER.

	Contents
	ASTRONOMICAL MEASUREMENTS. STELLAR ATMOSPHERES. STELLAR INTERIORS. STELLAR EVOLUTION. VARIABLES AND SUPERNOVAE. STELLAR REMNANTS. INTERACTING BINARY SYSTEMS. PLANETARY PHYSICS. MILKY WAY. THE WORLD OF GALAXIES. ACTIVE GALAXIES. CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES. HOMOGENEOUS COSMOLOGY. THERMAL HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE. COSMOLOGICAL PERTURBATIONS.

	Teaching Methods
	LECTURES WITH PROJECTION OF POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS. THE FILES ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE STUDENTS.

	Verification of learning
	ORAL INTERVIEW: THE STUDENT REPORTS A TOPIC OF HIS/HER CHOICE IN GREAT DETAIL AND ANSWERS TWO MORE QUESTIONS ON DIFFERENT TOPICS STATING THE ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL CONCEPTS.

	Texts
	A)B. CARROLL, D. OSTLIE, AN INTRODUCTION TO MODERN ASTROPHYSICS B)P. SCHNEIDER, EXTRAGALACTIC ASTRONOMY AND COSMOLOGY C)S. DODELSON, MODERN COSMOLOGY D)S. WEINBERG, GRAVITATION AND COSMOLOGY