SylabUZ
| Course name | High-energy astrophysics |
| Course ID | 13.7-WF-FizD-HEA-S17 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Physics and Astronomy |
| Field of study | Physics |
| Education profile | academic |
| Level of studies | Second-cycle studies leading to MS degree |
| Beginning semester | winter term 2019/2020 |
| Semester | 3 |
| ECTS credits to win | 2 |
| Available in specialities | Astrofizyka komputerowa |
| Course type | obligatory |
| Teaching language | english |
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| The class form | Hours per semester (full-time) | Hours per week (full-time) | Hours per semester (part-time) | Hours per week (part-time) | Form of assignment |
| Lecture | 30 | 2 | - | - | Exam |
Consolidation and expansion of the basic concepts of high-energy astrophysics. Forward the message to enable the understanding of high-energy astrophysical processes.
Knowledge from the introduction to astrophysics, compact objects, Astrophysics I and II.
- Special Theory of Relativity.
- Physics of fluids.
- Radial processes.
- Star supernovae.
- Neutron stars, pulsars and magnetars.
- Binary systems of compact objects.
- Gamma-ray bursts and gamma-ray burst afterglow.
- Active Galactic Nuclei.
Lecture with exercises conventional accounting.
| Outcome description | Outcome symbols | Methods of verification | The class form |
Final grade: Oral examination, Condition Assessment - a positive evaluation of the test.
[1] U. Kolb, Extreme Environment Astrophysics, Cambridge, 2010.
[2] S. Rossweg, M. Brueggen, Introduction to High-Energy Astrophysics, Cambridge, 2007.
[3] M. S. Longair, High Energy Astrophysics, Cambridge, 2011.
[1] M. Camenzind, Compact objects in astrophysics, Springer, 2007.
[2] W. H. G. Lewin, M. van der Klis, Compact Stellar X-ray Sources, Cambridge Uni. Press, 2006.
[3] F. Shu, Galaktyki, gwiazdy, życie, Prószyński i S-ka, 2003.
Modified by dr hab. Maria Przybylska, prof. UZ (last modification: 30-04-2020 22:53)
