SylabUZ
| Course name | Astronomical instruments |
| Course ID | 13.7-WF-FizP-AI-S17 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Physics and Astronomy |
| Field of study | Physics |
| Education profile | academic |
| Level of studies | First-cycle studies leading to Bachelor's degree |
| Beginning semester | winter term 2020/2021 |
| Semester | 2 |
| ECTS credits to win | 4 |
| Available in specialities | Astrofizyka komputerowa |
| Course type | obligatory |
| Teaching language | english |
| Author of syllabus |
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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 |
| Class | 30 | 2 | - | - | Credit with grade |
The necessary concepts of optics and physics of electromagnetic wave needed to understand the principles of operation and construction of optical telescopes. Description of the construction of optical receivers used in astronomy. Construction and operation of the basic types of optical telescopes. Introduction of the concepts of electrodynamics and the physics of electromagnetic waves, that are necessary for understanding of the development of radio-astronomical telescopes and receivers. Description of basic receiver types used in radio astronomy. Description of basic radio-telescope types.
Knowledge of basic physical concepts of optics, electrodynamics and wave physics.
- Astronomical coordinate systems, siderial time, time-keeping, stellar brightness scale
- Optical telescopes, basic tesescope parameters
- Astronomical light detectors: photometers, CCD cameras, polarimeters, spectrographs, optical filter systems.
- The basic aplications of photometry, spectroscopy and polarymetry
- Radio-telescopes, radio wave detectors and receivers
- Interferometry in radioastronomy (VLA, VLBI, LOFAR, SKA)
- Microwave and infrared telescopes (ALMA)
- X-ray and gamma telescopes, including Cherenkov’s telescopes (HESS)
- Cosmic rays: origin and detection
- Detection of astrophysical neutrinos
- Basics of the gravitational wve theory and gravitational wave detectors (VIRGO, LIGO).
Classic lecture; computational exercises and research project preparation in the class
| Outcome description | Outcome symbols | Methods of verification | The class form |
Lecture: Oral exam, passing condition – positive grade.
Class: written test – solving computational exercises (50% of the grade) and the research project (50%) of the grade
Before taking the examination the student needs to obtain passing grade from the class
Final grade: average of the exam grade and the class grade.
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[7] J. D. E. Creighton, W. G. Anderson, Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astronomy: An Introduction to Theory, Experiment and Data Analysis, Wiley, 2011.
Modified by dr hab. Piotr Lubiński, prof. UZ (last modification: 03-06-2020 15:53)
