name:     Astrofisica Generale

teacher:  Pier Giorgio Prada Moroni

CFU:      6

period:   2nd semester

type:     optional

contact:  pier.giorgio.pradamoroni[AT]unipi.it

notes:    strongly suggested for non-astro curricula

Topic overview:

• radiative transfer

• stellar structure & evolution

• stellar fate: compact objects and supernovae

• interstellar medium

• the Milky Way and local galaxies

Detailed info: cineca

name:      Advanced Technologies for Ground Based Astrophysics

teachers:  Pietro Bolli (INAF, Arcetri), Enrico Pinna (INAF, Arcetri)

CFU:       9

period:    1st semester

type:      optional

contact:   pietro.bolli[AT]inaf.it

Topic overview:

• optical telescopes

• antennas & arrays for radio astronomy

• adaptive optics & interferometry

• components & system configurations

• development of the next generation of telescopes

Detailed info: cineca

name:     Astrophysical processes

teacher:  Walter Del Pozzo

CFU:      9

period:   1st semester

type:     mandatory

contact:  walter.delpozzo[AT]unipi.it

Topic overview:

• radiative transfer & emergence of spectra

• astrophysical hydrodynamics & flows

• radiation hydrodynamics

• gravitational processes

• accretion and outflows (e.g. stellar winds & binary systems)

Detailed info: cineca

name:     Astrophysics & Multimessenger Laboratory

teachers: Angelo Ricciardone, Massimiliano Razzano,

Andrea Pallottini, Barbara Patricelli

CFU:      12

period:   1st & 2nd semester

type:     mandatory

contacts: angelo.ricciardone[AT]unipi.it, massimiliano.razzano[AT]unipi.it

Topic overview:

• photometry & spectroscopy (ultraviolet to far infrared)

• high-energy astrophysical sources (X, gamma, & radio)

• cosmic microwave background (CMB)

• gravitational waves (GW)

• detection and analysis of stochastic background (CMB, GW, etc)

Detailed info: cineca

name:     Exoplanetary Systems

teacher:  Steven Shore

CFU:      6

period:   2nd semester

type:     optional

contact:  steven.neil.shore[AT]unipi.it

Topic overview:

• planet and minor bodies in the solar system

• formation of planetary systems

• dynamical evolution of planetary systems

• extrasolar planets

• habitability & life search

Detailed info: cineca

name:     Extragalactic Astrophysics & Cosmology

teacher:  Michele Cignoni

CFU:      9

period:   2nd semester

type:     mandatory

contact:  michele.cignoni[AT]unipi.it

Topic overview:

• stellar populations

• star formation

• galactic dynamics

• chemical evolution of galaxies

• cosmic structure formation

Detailed info: cineca

name:     Physics of Star Formation

teachers: Francesco Fontani (INAF, Arcetri), Marco Padovani (INAF, Arcetri)

CFU:      6

period:   1st semester

type:     optional

contact:  francesco.fontani[AT]inaf.it

Topic overview:

• interstellar medium composition, distribution, and thermodynamics

• astro-chemistry, magnetic field, and cosmic rays

• molecular clouds: structure and dynamics

• protostellar gravitational collapse, circumstellar disks

• formation of stars & interaction with their environment

Detailed info: cineca

name:    Stellar Physics

teacher: Scilla degl'Innocenti

CFU:     9

period:  2nd semester

type:    mandatory

contact: scilla.deglinnocenti[AT]unipi.it

Topic overview:

• physical mechanisms at play in stellar structures

• stellar nucleosynthesis

• stellar evolution – from birth to their final fate

• stars in and around our Milky Way

• age and distance determination for stars

Detailed info: cineca

name:     Gravitational Wave Physics: from Theory to Observations

teachers: Angelo Ricciardone & Walter del Pozzo

hours:    40

period:   2nd semester

contacts: angelo.ricciardone[AT]unipi.it, walter.delpozzo[AT]unipi.it

Topic overview:

• basics of gravitational wave (GW) physics

• stochastic GW background

• GWs in the early & late Universe

• detector response to GW signals

• test of general relativity with GWs

• cosmology with GWs