astro840

Elective Advanced Lectures: Observational Astronomy - astro840

Module No.astro840
CategoryElective
Credit Points (CP)
Semester1.-2.

Module: Elective Advanced Lectures: Observational Astronomy

Module Elements:
NrCourseCourse No.CPTypeTeaching hoursSemester
1Internships in the Research Groupsastro8314internshipWT/ST
2Radio Astronomy: Tools, Applications, Impactsastro8416Lect. + ex.3+1WT
3Submillimeter Astronomyastro8424Lect. + ex.2+1WT
4Astronomical Interferometry and Digital Image Processingastro8433Lecture2WT
5Observational Cosmologyastro8454Lect. + ex.2+1ST
6Wave Optics and Astronomical Applicationsastro8463Lecture2ST
7Optical Observationsastro8474Lect. + ex.2+1ST
8Galactic and Intergalactic Magnetic Fieldsastro8484Lect. + ex.2+1ST
9Multiwavelength Observations of Galaxy Clustersastro8494Lect. + ex.2+1ST
10Introduction to Hydro- and Magnetohydrodynamicsastro84013Lecture2ST
11X-Ray Astronomyastro84024Lect. + ex.2+1ST
12Hydrodynamics and astrophysical magnetohydrodynamicsastro84034Lect. + ex.2+1ST
13Radiointerferometry: Methods and Scienceastro84044Lect. + ex.2+2ST
14Active Galactic Nuclei (OA)AGN4Lect. + ex.2+1ST
15Methods of Experimental Astrophysics (OA)MethExpAstro4Lect. + ex.2+1ST
16The Fourier-Transform and its Applications (OA)FTA4Lect. + ex.2+1ST
Requirements for Participation:

Form of Examination: written examination

Content: This module covers all observational tools used in modern astronomy, over a wide range of the electromagnetic spectrum

Aims/Skills:

Observational astronomy shall be conveyed to the students by teaching the fundamentals of observational astronomical tools, along with relevant applications. These tools cover essentially the entire electro-magnetic spectrum, from radio wavelengths through X-ray energies. They naturally also encompass a wide range of astrophysical phenomena, including condensed matter (stars, neutron stars), the interstellar and intergalactic medium, galaxies and active galactic nuclei, and clusters of galaxies.

Emphasis is also on observational cosmology



Course achievement/Criteria for awarding cp’s: see with the course

Length of Module: 1 semester

Maximum Number of Participants: ca. 100

Registration Procedure: s. https://basis.uni-bonn.de u. http://bamawww.physik.uni-bonn.de

Note: The students must obtain 18 CP in all out of the modules astro840 and astro850.

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