Introduction to Astroparticle Physics
Lecturers
Details
Time and place:
- Time and place on appointment
Fields of study
- WF Ph-BA 56789ABCDEF
- WF Ph-MA 1
Prerequisites / Organisational information
The lecture provides an introduction to astrophysics and cosmology. The topics are further investigated with practical exercises.
Useful pre-knowledge: nuclear and elementary particle physics
Content
- Basic principles of astrophysics
- The high-energy universe
- Detection of high-energy hadrons, photons and neutrinos
- Astrophysical objects
- Stars, supernovae, pulsars
- Black holes, active galactic nuclei, gamma-ray bursts
- Introduction to cosmology
- Dark matter and dark energy