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課程名稱 |
粒子天文物理學
Particle Astrophysics |
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開課學期 |
112-1 |
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授課對象 |
理學院 天文物理研究所 |
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授課教師 |
裴思達 |
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課號 |
AsPhys8011 |
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課程識別碼 |
244ED1040 |
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學分 |
3.0 |
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全/半年 |
半年 |
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必/選修 |
選修 |
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上課時間 |
星期四7,8,9(14:20~17:20) |
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上課地點 |
天數812 |
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備註 |
本課程以英語授課。
總人數上限：30人
外系人數限制：5人 |
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課程簡介影片 |
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核心能力關聯 |
本課程尚未建立核心能力關連 |
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課程概述 |
Particle Astrophysics is a relatively new topic combining Elementary Particle Physics, Cosmology and Astrophysics. |
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課程目標 |
To cover the latest progress in the areas of Universe expansion, CMB, Inflation, Dark Energy and Dark Matter and more. |
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課程要求 |
- Basic knowledge of relativity.
- Some knowledge of Particle Physics and Classical Field Theory would be preferred but not required. |
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預期每週課後學習時數 |
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Office Hours |
備註： Flexible. |
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指定閱讀 |
- Cosmology by Daniel Baumann
- Chapters 1-4 from Cosmology, by Steven Weinberg.
- Parts of Chapters 6 and 7 from Cosmology, by Steven Weinberg: needed to discuss the interpretation of CMB measurements.
- Some of the Appendices would also be useful: Appendix B is required. |
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參考書目 |
- Cosmology by Daniel Baumann
- Cosmology Weinberg |
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評量方式
(僅供參考) |
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針對學生困難提供學生調整方式 |
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上課形式 |
以錄影輔助, 提供學生彈性出席課程方式 |
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作業繳交方式 |
延長作業繳交期限 |
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考試形式 |
書面(口頭)報告取代考試 |
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其他 |
由師生雙方議定 |
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週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
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Week 3 |
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The Metric of the Universe
- A homogeneous and isotropic Universe: The Robertson-Walker metric.
- Co-moving coordinates.
- Covariant Derivative and Geodesic Equation: massive particles and light
- Spatial Geodesics.
- Cold Matter, Hot Matter, Vacuum energy |
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Week 4 |
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Fill Universe with fields
- Non Relativistic Matter, Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Radiation |
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Week 5 |
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Expansion of the Universe 1: small z
The cosmological redshift: The Hubble Constant, Discovery of expansion
Some observations: Tully-Fisher relation, Type Ia supernovae and more. |
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Week 6 |
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Expansion of the Universe 2: z>0.1
- Luminosity Distance
- Dynamics of Expansion
- Einstein field equations.
- Friedmann Equation. |
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Week 7 |
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Expansion of the Universe 3
- Critical density, Flatness problem.
- Accelerated expansion.
- Age of the Universe |
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Week 1-2 |
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Introduction to Cosmology
- Conventions: Einstein, Minkowski, Momentum 4-vector, Natural units.
- Equivalence Principle: the need for Manifolds.
- Scalars, Vectors, Tensors. The Metric Tensor.
- Equations of Einstein. The Cosmological Constant. Dark Energy.
- Covariant, Contravariant. Christoffel symbols. Why do we need tensors?
- The meaning of the stress energy tensor. |
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Week 8-9 |
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The Early Universe (1 and 2) |
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Week 10-11 |
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Inflation as the origin of cosmological fluctuations |
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Week 12-13 |
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Other topics:
- Anisotropies in the Microwave sky
- Gravitational Lensing |
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