The lecture offers an introduction to Astroparticle Physics. Elementary particles, together with electromagnetic radiation and gravitational waves, are messengers that can be used to study the nature of many celestial objects, from the Sun to deep space objects.
The course offers an overview of the most important emission mechanisms of astroparticles and the different types of detectors that are used to study astrophysical neutrinos and cosmic rays.
Teaching aims to provide students with basic knowledge of astroparticle physics, focusing particularly on models predicting particle emission from astrophysical sources and experimental techniques for detecting cosmic rays and neutrinos of extraterrestrial origin.
Students will acquire the following skills :
The contents of the course of Nuclear and Particle Physics 2 can be considered as prerequisites.
Lectures - 48 hours
First module: Stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis: nuclear reactions in stars, nucleosynthesis in the Big Bang and in stars, direct and indirect measurements Neutrinos beyond the Standard Model: solar neutrinos and oscillations, mass hierarchy, sterile neutrinos, detection of medium-low energy neutrinos (keV-100 MeV)
Second module: Supernova neutrinos: introduction to models, detection methods High-energy cosmic neutrinos: hadronic accelerators and production mechanisms, neutrino telescopes
Third module: Cosmic rays: direct measurements in space and on Earth, indirect measurements (neutrinos and atmospheric muons) Indirect measurements of Dark Matter by neutrinos Statistical methods for astroparticle physics, low-number statistics.
Maurizio Spurio - Probes of Multimessenger Astrophysics Maurizio Spurio - Particles and Astrophysics, A multimessenger approach Alessandro De Angelis, Mário João Martins Pimenta - Introduction to Particle and Astroparticle Physics
Ricevimento: On appointment: matteo.sanguineti@unige.it
MATTEO SANGUINETI (President)
VLADIMIR KULIKOVSKIY
SANDRA MARIA ZAVATARELLI (President Substitute)
See the calendar at the link:
https://corsi.unige.it/corsi/9012/studenti-orario
Presentation/thesis on a scientific article relating to the topics of the teaching, oral discussion of the paper.
The discussion of the essay is aimed at verifying the student's level of understanding of the most important concepts covered in the course and underlying astroparticle physics.
Students who have valid certification of physical or learning disabilities on file with the University and who wish to discuss possible accommodations or other circumstances regarding lectures, coursework and exams, should speak both with the instructor and with Professor Sergio Di Domizio (sergio.didomizio@unige.it), the Department’s disability liaison.
