Current courses (A.Y. 2023-24)

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

   • 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: Wednesdays: 8 AM – 10 AM; Thursdays and Fridays: 12 PM – 2 PM; in Aula Careri

   • Course start date: February 26, 2024

2. Fisica II (classical electromagnetism) for the BSc in Mathematics, Group II (1035142, 9 CFUs, OPIS code CD02S2XQ)

   • Google classroom code: firr3s7

   • Course description and general information

   • Schedule: Mondays 10:00-13:00, Wednesdays 11:00–13:00, and Thursdays 8:00–10:00 all in Aula 5 at the Maths building "Castelnuovo," CU006

   • Course start date: September 25, 2023 at 11:00 (exceptionally)

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

3. Computing Methods for Physics for the MSc in Physics (1055356, 6 CFUs, OPIS code 0GN7IFBX)

   • Google classroom code: 436xzzz

   • Course description and general information

   • Lectures: Tuesdays 14:00–16:00 and Fridays 12:00–14:00 in Aula Rasetti (Physics building "Marconi", CU013)

   • Hands-on sessions: Mondays 12:00–15:00 in the Laboratorio di Calcolo (Physics building "Fermi", CU033); the calendar of these sessions will be announced during the course

   • Course start date: September 26, 2023 at 14:00