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ASTROPHYSIC OBSERVATION
STEVEN NEIL SHORE
Academic year2021/22
CoursePHYSICS
Code301BB
Credits9
PeriodSemester 2
LanguageItalian

ModulesAreaTypeHoursTeacher(s)
ASTROFISICA OSSERVATIVAFIS/01LEZIONI90
STEVEN NEIL SHORE unimap
Obiettivi di apprendimento
Learning outcomes
Conoscenze

 

Osservazioni e lezioni che illustrano i metodi per l’analisi osservativa dei processi astrofisici

Knowledge

Observations and simulations demonstrating a variety of observational technques

Modalità di verifica delle conoscenze

Esercizi e analisi di data (spettri, fotometria, immagini)

Assessment criteria of knowledge

Exercises abd analysis of real data (spectroscopic, photometric, imaging)

Modalità di verifica delle capacità

Relazioni su analisi: spettri, immagini, fotometria; simulazioni

Assessment criteria of skills

Extended observational reports and writeups of laboratory work and simulations

Prerequisiti (conoscenze iniziali)

program. in Matlab, IDL, o python

Prerequisites

programming skills at a basic level in Matlab, or IDL, or python

Prerequisiti per studi successivi

nessuno

Prerequisites for further study

none

Indicazioni metodologiche

frontale, interativi, periodi osservativi

Teaching methods

lectures, exercises, observational periods

Programma (contenuti dell'insegnamento)

 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

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

Updated: 09/12/2021 22:40