Prof. Marcella Brusa

Argomenti del programma: Il corso si prefigge di ripercorrere le tappe principali dello sviluppo dell'Astronomia come scienza, partendo dai calendari e dalle tombe astronomicamente orientate della Preistoria per giungere fino alla misura della distanza della nebulosa di Andromeda, operata da Hubble nel 1923, che provò definitivamente l'esistenza di galassie esterne alla nostra.

• For each lecture, few selected resources (papers, slides of seminars, web-pages) will be given to complement the material on the Longair's book. The material is given to the students to trigger their interest in the specific topics and…
• The slides used during the lectures will be made available, at the end of the lecture.
• All the material (slides and additional resources) are made available in the Virtuale space

Argomenti del programma: INTRODUCTION TO HIGH-ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS Recap on emission mechanisms: blackbody/bremsstrahlung/synchrotron/Compton scattering and Inverse Compton scattering, and some examples in the field of high-energy Astrophysics. Line production. Plasma physics (collisional and ionization equilibrium) History of the high-energy Astronomy. Excursus on the properties of the main X-ray/Gamma-ray satellites of the 'golden age'.