Course Identification

Title:

Review of advanced astrophysical instruments

Code:

20251202

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Dr. Sagi Ben-Ami

TA's:

N/A

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2025

Semester:

Second Semester

When / Where:

Thursday, 14:15 - 15:00, Benozio Center for Astrophysics, astrophysics meeting room (number 270

First Lecture:

27/03/2025

End date:

03/07/2025

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Physical Sciences: 1.00 points

Comments

N/A

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

Participants:

13

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Required in at least 80% of the lectures

Grade Type

Pass / Fail

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Attendance

50%

Seminar:

50%

Evaluation Type

Seminar

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

N/A

Location

N/A

Time

-

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

2

Syllabus

We will survey various astronomical instruments, delve into their design and how it is related to the science objectives, discuss novel technologies introduced and hypothesize on possible upgrades/improvements.

Every week a different instrument/method will be brought into focus,

Learning Outcomes

Analysis of specification flow from science requirements to technical requirements

Broad review of optical design

Knowledge of state-of-the-art technologies in modern instrumentation

Reading List

Based on SPIE Publications

Website

N/A