課程資訊
課程名稱
粒子天文物理學
Particle Astrophysics 
開課學期
110-2 
授課對象
理學院  天文物理研究所  
授課教師
裴思達 
課號
AsPhys8011 
課程識別碼
244ED1040 
班次
 
學分
3.0 
全/半年
半年 
必/選修
選修 
上課時間
星期四7,8,9(14:20~17:20) 
上課地點
天數812 
備註
本課程以英語授課。
總人數上限:30人
外系人數限制:2人 
 
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課程概述

*Please not the course time has changed: Thursday 2:20pm*

Particle Astrophysics is a relatively new topic combining Elementary Particle Physics, Cosmology and Astrophysics. 

課程目標
待補 
課程要求
 
預期每週課後學習時數
 
Office Hours
備註: No regular office hours: the students are welcome to contact the teacher anytime. 
指定閱讀
 
參考書目
 
評量方式
(僅供參考)
 
No.
項目
百分比
說明
1. 
Take Home Final 
100% 
 
 
課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
Week 3
  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 
Week 4
  Fill Universe with fields
- Non Relativistic Matter, Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Radiation 
Week 5
  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. 
Week 6
  Expansion of the Universe 2: z>0.1
- Luminosity Distance
- Dynamics of Expansion
- Einstein field equations.
- Friedmann Equation. 
Week 7
  Expansion of the Universe 3
- Critical density, Flatness problem.
- Accelerated expansion.
- Age of the Universe 
Week 8
  The early Universe 1 
Week 9
  The early Universe 2 
Week 10
  Inflation 
Week 11
  Inflation as the origin of cosmological fluctuations 
Week 12
  Other topics 1:
- Anisotropies in the Microwave sky
- Gravitational Lensing 
Week 13
  Other topics 2 
Week 1-2
  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.