HIGH ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS
(objectives)
A SURVEY OF THE MAIN PHENOMENA IN THE FIELD OF HIGH ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON ACCRETION ONTO COMPACT OBJECTS (WHITE DWARFS, NEUTRON STARS AND BLACK HOLES) AND ON PARTICLE ACCELERATION
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Code
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20402146 |
Language
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ITA |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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6
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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FIS/05
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Contact Hours
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52
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Type of Activity
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Elective activities
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Teacher
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MATT GIORGIO
(syllabus)
PROCESSI RADIATIVI IN ASTROFISICA: BREMSSTRAHLUNG, ASSORBIMENTO FREE-FREE, SINCROTRONE, EFFETTO COMPTON INVERSO. OGGETTI COMPATTI: NANE BIANCHE, STELLE DI NEUTRONI. LIMITE DI CHANDRASEKHAR, PULSAR, BUCHI NERI ONDE GRAVITAZIONALI: TEORIA, SISTEMI BINARI DI PULSAR E BUCHI NERI ACCRESCIMENTO: TEORIA, LIMITE DI EDDINGTON, DISCHI DI ACCRESCIMENTO BINARIE X: FENOMENOLOGIA E CLASSIFICAZIONE, VARIABILI CATACLISMICHE, BINARIE X DI PICCOLA E GRANDE MASSA, CANDIDATI BUCHI NERI NUCLEI GALATTICI ATTIVI: FENOMENOLOGIA E CLASSIFICAZIONE, EMISSIONE IN BANDA X E GAMMA, GETTI, MOTI SUPERLUMINALI GAMMA RAY BURST: FENOMENOLOGIA, ORIGINE E MECCANISMI DI EMISSIONE AMMASSI DI GALASSIE: EMISSIONE X DAL MEZZO INTERGALATTICO, COOLING FLOW ACCELERAZIONE DI PARTICELLE: MECCANISMI DI FERMI, ONDE D'URTO. RAGGI COSMICI: COMPOSIZIONE, SPETTRO ED ORIGINE, RAGGI COSMICI DI ALTISSIMA ENERGIA.
(reference books)
(LONGAIR MALCOM S. ) HIGH ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS 3RD ED. [CAMBRIDGE 2011] (KIPPENHAHN R., WEIGERT A.) STELLAR STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION [SPRINGER 1994] (G.B. RYBICKI, A.P. LIGHTMAN) RADIATIVE PROCESSES IN ASTRIPHYSICS [WILEY] (VIETRI M.) ASTROFISICA DELLE ALTE ENERGIE [BORINGHIERI] (SHAPIRO S.L, TEUKOLSKY S.A.) BLACK HOLES, WHITE DWARFS AND NEUTRON STARS [WILEY]
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From 01/10/2015 to 20/12/2015 |
Attendance
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not mandatory
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Teacher
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BIANCHI STEFANO
(syllabus)
RADIATIVE PROCESSES IN ASTROPHYSICS: BREMSSTRAHLUNG, FREE-FREE ABSORPTION, SYNCHROTRON EMISSION, INVERSE COMPTON EFFECT COMPACT OBJECTS: WHITE DWARFS, NEUTRON STARS, THE CHANDRASEKHAR LIMIT, PULSARS, BLACK HOLES GRAVITATIONAL WAVES: THEORY, BINARY PULSARS AND BLACK HOLES. ACCRETION: THEORY, EDDINGTON LIMIT, ACCRETION DISKS X-RAY BINARIES: CLASSIFICATION AND PHENOMENOLOGY, CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES, LOW-MASS AND HIGH-MASS X-RAY BINARIES, BLACK HOLE CANDIDATES ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI: CLASSIFICATION AND PHENOMENOLOGY, X-RAY AND GAMMA-RAY EMISSION, JETS, SUPERLUMINAL MOTIONS GAMMA RAY BURSTS: PHENOMENOLOGY, ORIGIN, EMISSION MECHANISMS CLUSTER OF GALAXIES: EMISSION FROM THE INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM, COOLING FLOWS PARTICLE ACCELERATION: FERMI MECHANISMS, SHOCKS COSMIC RAYS: COMPOSITION, SPECTRUM AND ORIGIN, ULTRA HIGH ENERGY COSMIC RAYS
(reference books)
(LONGAIR MALCOM S. ) HIGH ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS 3RD ED. [CAMBRIDGE 2011] (KIPPENHAHN R., WEIGERT A.) STELLAR STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION [SPRINGER 1994] (G.B. RYBICKI, A.P. LIGHTMAN) RADIATIVE PROCESSES IN ASTRIPHYSICS [WILEY] (VIETRI M.) ASTROFISICA DELLE ALTE ENERGIE [BORINGHIERI] (SHAPIRO S.L, TEUKOLSKY S.A.) BLACK HOLES, WHITE DWARFS AND NEUTRON STARS [WILEY]
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From 01/10/2015 to 20/12/2015 |
Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Oral exam
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