Give a general vision of astronomy, of the major problems it studies, of what has been understood and what remains to be understood, to cover the most current results
Course Prerequisites
Physics course 1. Rational mechanics and introduction to particle physics courses are recommended.
Teaching Methods
Lectures and tests
Assessment Methods
Three assessment tasks centered on the three chapters of the course -solar system -stellar evolution -galaxies and notes on cosmology and oral exam
Texts
The Cosmos: Astronomy in the New Millennium Pasachoff & Filippenko
Fondamenti di Astronomia a cusa di Cimatti e Focardi UTET 2023
Le rivoluzioni dell'Universo Giovanni Bignami Giunti 2017
I Marziani Siamo noi-seconda edizione G. Bignami P. Caraveo Zanichelli 2020
Osservare l'Universo P. De Bernardis Il Mulino
Contents
Thermal and non-thermal emission from celestial bodies Astronomy from the ground and from space The solar system: description of the Sun, planets, comets and asteroids. Other planetary systems Stellar evolution: observables, HR diagram, notes on nucleosynthesis, evolution of stars as a function of their mass, end of life of stars and transformation into compact objects: white dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes Our galaxy: radio observations to trace the structure, theory of spiral structure formation, rotation curve and implications about the existence of dark matter External galaxies: classification, local group, galaxy clusters, active galaxies, quasars Outlines of cosmology: Hubble's law, standard candles, cosmic background radiation, dark matter and dark energy
Course Language
Italian
More information
Students who ask to take the exam without having attended the lessons and without having done the written tests will have to pass a written exam which will cover the entire program before taking the oral exam.
