(in Polish) Advanced Graduate Lecture on Gravitational Microlensing
General data
Course ID: | 1100-SZD-GM |
Erasmus code / ISCED: | (unknown) / (unknown) |
Course title: | (unknown) |
Name in Polish: | Advanced Graduate Lecture on Gravitational Microlensing |
Organizational unit: | Faculty of Physics |
Course groups: | |
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
3.00
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Language: | English |
Short description: |
Gravitational microlensing is a natural cosmic phenomenon which can be employed in studying otherwise undetectable parts of the Universe, e.g. planets, dark matter or black-holes. The lec-ture will focus on the concept of microlensing effect and will show its numerous astrophysical applications, including search for planets, black holes and dark matter. I will present the past, present and future of the field. - introduce and explain the basic concept of the gravitational microlensing - present additional effects accompanying the microlensing - show numerous applications of the microlensing in astrophys-ics - analyse in detail couple of examples of interesting microlensing events |
Full description: |
The outline of the lectures: 1. History and basics math of the gravitational lensing. 2. Microlensing optical depth - includes interview with Dr Kerins from Manchester University 3. How to solve microlensing - part 1 4. How to solve microlensing - part 2 5. Planetary Microlensing - includes interviews of prof. Taka Sumi (Osaka University), prof. Dave Bennett (NASA/Goddard), prof. Dan Maoz (Tel Aviv University) 6.Other planet search methods - includes interview with Dr Si-mon Hodgkin from Cambridge University 7. Dark matter search with microlensing - includes interviews with Dr Vasily Belokurov (University of Cambridge) and Prof. Juan Garcia-Bellido (University of Madrid) 8. Astrometric microlensing and hunt for Black Holes - includes interview with Drs Martin Dominik (University of St. Andrews) and Kailash Sahu (Hubble Space Telescope Institute) 9. Miscellaneous applications of microlensing. 10. Review of microlensing surveys - with interview with Dr Sean Carrey (Spitzer Space mission, Caltech) 11. Serendipitous science with microlensing data 12. Future of microlensing - with interviews with Prof. Andy Gould (Ohio State University) and Dr Rachel Street (Las Cum-bres Observatory) 13. Transient events and contaminants in microlensing searches with Machine Learning. The students after each lecture can take a test related to the topic of the lecture. The Lecturer is available every week during the planned time for the course for zoom or on-site consultations. |
Bibliography: |
Articles of Paczynski (1996), review of Wambsgans (1998) and articles citing them. Book: Schneider, Ehlers, Falco: Gravitational lensing. |
Learning outcomes: |
A student should know the mathematical background and appli-cations of gravitational microlensing in modern astrophysics. A student should have a deep knowledge and understanding of the methodology used in the field and be able to solve prob-lems illustrating discussed topics (WG_01, WG_02, WG_03). |
Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
Written exam – a multiple choice test |
Classes in period "Summer semester 2023/24" (in progress)
Time span: | 2024-02-19 - 2024-06-16 |
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Type of class: |
Lecture, 30 hours
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Coordinators: | Łukasz Wyrzykowski | |
Group instructors: | Łukasz Wyrzykowski | |
Students list: | (inaccessible to you) | |
Examination: | Grading |
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