- Docente: Gabriele Giovannini
- Credits: 8
- SSD: FIS/05
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Astrophysics and cosmology (cod. 8018)
Learning outcomes
Students will obtain a deep knowledge of physical and observational
properties of Active Galactic Nuclei, and starburst galaxies. The
connection between AGN and starburst galaxies will be discussed, as
well as the connection between AGN and parent galaxies.
Students will learn how to derive and estimate physical parameters
from observational data.
Course contents
1) Active Galactic Nuclei
Morphological classification -- Line and continuum emission --
Energy Spectral Distribution
Gamma, X, Optical, and radio emission properties
Unified models -- Output energy and accretion
properties
AGN and the X-Ray background
2) Starburst galaxies and their connection with AGN activity
3) SMBH structure and spin; observations of the regions a few gravitational radii in size
4) Gamma ray burst and gravitational waves
Readings/Bibliography
Peterson: Active Galactic Nuclei
Robson: Active Galactic Nuclei
Fanti: Dispense di Radioastronomia
Melia: High-Energy Astrophysics
more books and published papers will be suggested in the course
lectures
Teaching methods
Oral Lessons
Assessment methods
Oral colloquium
Students may start discussing a topic related to the course
program
Teaching tools
Projector
Office hours
See the website of Gabriele Giovannini
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.