Current courses (A.Y. 2025-26)

1. Gravitational Waves, Compact Stars and Black Holes (10606102, 6 CFU, OPIS code: 2YBQW1YX)

   • e-learning webpage: search for "Gravitational Waves, Compact Stars, and Black Holes" or use the link

   • Course description and general information

     • Lectures are held in English

     • The exams has a mandatory written test that students must pass to access the final, oral test

     • Topics: Gravitational waves in the quadrupolar approximation; energy carried by a gravitational wave, gravitational waves emitted by a binary system and by rotating compact stars; compact binary coalescences and the gravitational wave events detected so far; the structure of white dwarfs and neutron stars in General Relativity; Buchdhal's theorem; linear perturbations of black holes and compact stars: quasinormal modes and tidal deformability; far-field limit of an isolated, stationary object; the Kerr solutions: properties and geodesics; extensions of black hole geometries; energy extraction from black holes: Penrose's process and superradiance; black hole thermodynamics

   • Schedule: TBD

   • Course start date: TBD

2. Fisica II (classical electromagnetism) for the BSc in Mathematics, Group II (1035142, 9 CFUs, OPIS code SKYMXTZP)

   • Google classroom code: qz3bgymh

   • Course description and general information

   • Schedule: Tuesdays 8:00-11:00, Wednesdays 11:00–13:00, and Thursdays 8:00–10:00 all in Aula 3 Nella Mortare at the Physics building "Fermi," CU033

   • Course start date: September 30, 2025

   • The grouping rules stipulate that students with surnames starting with L-Z belong to Group II

3. Object Oriented Programming for Data Processing for the MSc in Physics (10616465, 6 CFUs, OPIS code I87WDIIL.)

   • Google classroom code: 47jyip7w

   • Course description and general information

   • Lectures: Mondays 12:00–14:00 n the Sala Calcolo (Physics building "Fermi", CU033); Tuesdays 14:00–16:00 in Aula Rasetti (Physics building "Marconi", CU013); Fridays 12:00–14:00 in Aula Careri (Physics building "Marconi", CU013).

   • Hands-on sessions: some 12:00–15:00 Monday slots will be used for hands-on sessions, the calendar dates of which will be announced during the course

   • Course start date: September 29, 2025