Course Identification

Title:

Experimental astrophysics

Code:

20181122

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Prof. Avishay Gal-Yam

TA's:

N/A

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2018

Semester:

Second Semester

When / Where:

Monday, 14:15 - 16:00, Weissman, Seminar Rm B
Wednesday, 14:15 - 16:00, Weissman, Seminar Rm A

First Lecture:

21/03/2018

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Physical Sciences: Lecture; Elective; 4.00 points
Chemical Sciences: Elective; 4.00 points

Comments

*The course is designed for all interested physics students.

*No lecture on March 26th

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

Participants:

40

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Expected and Recommended

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Seminar:

50%

Final:

50%

Evaluation Type

Final assignment

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

N/A

Location

N/A

Time

-

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

1

Syllabus

This course is designed for all interested physics students. The course will review the methodology of observational astrophysics. The physical principles of observational devices (telescopes, cameras, and detectors) will be described, and the capabilities of current and future facilities will be discussed.
The course will focus on the most fundamental problems in modern astrophysics and how these are approached observationally.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:

Describe observational techniques in astrophysics, covering a broad range of wavelengths (as well as non-electromagentic signals).
Demonstrate understanding the instrumental basis of observational systems (telescopes, detectors, space missions) with a secondary focus on analysis methods.
Describe and discuss astrophysical examples from frontier areas.

Reading List

N/A

Website

N/A