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ASTROPHYSIC OBSERVATION
STEVEN NEIL SHORE
Academic year2020/21
CoursePHYSICS
Code301BB
Credits9
PeriodSemester 2
LanguageItalian

ModulesAreaTypeHoursTeacher(s)
ASTROFISICA OSSERVATIVAFIS/01LEZIONI54
STEVEN NEIL SHORE unimap
Obiettivi di apprendimento
Learning outcomes
Conoscenze

 

Esperienze di laboratorio e lezioni che illustrano i metodi per l’analisi osservativa dei processi astrofisici

Modalità di verifica delle capacità

Written reports

Assessment criteria of skills

Extended observational reports and writeups of laboratory work and simulations

Syllabus

 The basics of remote sensing in the cosmic context 

Photon detection and calibration: basic detectors, calibration issues, filter systems throughout the electromagnetic spectrum , backgrounds

Photometry: image reconstruction methods, completeness, surveys

Spectroscopy: laboratory and astronomical 


Polarimetry and spectropolarimetry

Optical and radio interferometry

Simulation of astronomical observations

Analyses of space based and ground based archival data

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