Fisica | ADVANCED LABORATORY

cod. 0522600025

ADVANCED LABORATORY

	0522600025
	DIPARTIMENTO DI FISICA "E.R. CAIANIELLO"
	EQF7
	PHYSICS
	2017/2018

PERCORSO COMUNE

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 1
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
	ANNUALE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	FIS/01	12	36	LAB	COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

PROFESSORS

	ROBERTO SCARPA T Curriculum
	VALERIO BOZZA Curriculum

	Objectives
	KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THE COURSE PROVIDES A PANORAMIC VIEW ON ALL PROBLEMS CONCERNING ASTRONOMIC OBSERVATIONS, FROM THE DISTURBANCES INDUCED BY THE ATMOSPHERE TO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE OPTICAL SYSTEMS OF THE TELESCOPES AND RELATED ABERRATIONS. A WIDE SCOPE IS DEVOTED TO THE STUDY OF THE CCD DETECTORS, TO PHOTOMETRY AND ASTRONOMICAL SPECTROSCOPY. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THROUGH THE USE OF ADVANCED ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTATION, THE STUDENT BUILDS HIS OWN ASTRONOMICAL MEASUREMENTS, APPLYING AND EXPERIENCING ALL NOTIONS LEARNED.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
THE COURSE PROVIDES A PANORAMIC VIEW ON ALL PROBLEMS CONCERNING ASTRONOMIC OBSERVATIONS, FROM THE DISTURBANCES INDUCED BY THE ATMOSPHERE TO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE OPTICAL SYSTEMS OF THE TELESCOPES AND RELATED ABERRATIONS. A WIDE SCOPE IS DEVOTED TO THE STUDY OF THE CCD DETECTORS, TO PHOTOMETRY AND ASTRONOMICAL SPECTROSCOPY.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
THROUGH THE USE OF ADVANCED ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTATION, THE STUDENT BUILDS HIS OWN ASTRONOMICAL MEASUREMENTS, APPLYING AND EXPERIENCING ALL NOTIONS LEARNED.

	Prerequisites
	GEOMETRIC OPTICS (PARAXIAL LIMIT), DIFFRACTION, INTERFERENCE, WAVE GUIDES. SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS, INTERACTION OF RADIATION WITH MATTER (PHOTOELECTIC AND COMPTON EFFECTS, PAIR CREATIONS). OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS, ANALOG-DIGITAL CONVERTERS. ELEMENTS OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY.

	Contents
	- ASTRONOMICAL INFORMATION - DETECTORS AND PHOTOMETRY - TERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERE - ASTRONOMICAL OPTICS - SPECTROSCOPY - OBSERVATIONS AND ANALYSIS

	Teaching Methods
	LECTURES, OBSERVATIONS AT THE OBSERVATORY OF THE PHYSICS DEPARTMENT, DATA ANALYSIS AT THE COMPUTERS. ACCORDING TO THE PHYSICS COURSE GUIDELINES, THE ATTENDANCE OF LABORATORY SESSIONS IS MANDATORY. STUDENTS MUST BE PRESENT IN AT LEAST 3/4 OF THE SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES.

	Verification of learning
	WRITTEN REPORTS ON THE OBSERVATIONS. ORAL INTERVIEW. THE REPORTS SHOULD DEMONSTRATE THAT THE STUDENTS HAVE ACQUIRED THE ABILITY TO TREAT ASTRONOMICAL DATA AND EXTRACT THE PHYSICAL INFORMATION THEREIN. IN THE INTERVIEW, THE STUDENT SHOULD PROVE THAT HE/SHE KNOWS THE MAIN PROBLEMS IN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS AND DATA ANALYSIS.

	Texts
	P. LENA, F. LEBRUN, F. MIGNARD, S. LYLE, “OBSERVATIONAL ASTROPHYSICS”, SPRINGER-VERLAG, BERLIN, 1998. S. HOWELL, R. ELLIS, J HUCHRA, S KAHN, P.B. STETSON, “HANDBOOK OF CCD ASTRONOMY”, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2000. D.J. SCHROEDER, “ASTRONOMICAL OPTICS”, ACADEMIC PRESS INC., SAN DIEGO, 1987.