Math.- Nat. Fakultät Institut für Chemie in english

in Vorbereitung
Sommersemester 2026
Stand: 13.11.25 19:56:32
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KVL / Klausuren / MAP 1.HS: 13.04  2.HS: 01.06  Zw.Sem.: 20.07  Beginn WS: 10.10

4020260138 Analysis Techniques in Astrophysics and Gravitational Wave Astronomy      VVZ  

VL
Mo 13-15
 wöch. NEW 14 1'13 (24) Jakob Nordin
UE
Mi 12-13
 wöch. NEW 14 1'10 (16) Jakob Nordin

Präsenzkurs

Unterrichtssprache
EN
Lern- und Qualifikationsziele
Students will learn how to process and evaluate the data provided by modern astronomical observatories.

Besides providing a general understanding of modern observational astrophysics, the course will teach analytical methods applicable to a wide range of data types.
Voraussetzungen
Courses in statistical methods, cosmology and/or astronomy are beneficial but not required.

Note: this course will be given jointly with the course in Astroparticle physics. Contact the lecturer for details.
Gliederung / Themen / Inhalte
Observations of astronomical objects currently provide some of the most precise constraints of physical laws. This includes phenomena such as dark energy and dark matter, which only come to dominate on the scales of galaxies. Astrophysics has currently entered the era of multi-messenger astronomy, where observations made across the electromagnetic spectrum are combined with detections of cosmic rays, neutrinos and gravitational waves.

This course will introduce the analysis techniques needed to evaluate the measurements made by astronomical detectors and compare these with theoretical models. These techniques are relevant not only for astrophysics, but also for the general analysis of large measurement series ("big data").

Finally, in the second half of the course will use an optical telescope and process these data as a final project.

Course key words:
* What is a measurement? Detection, uncertainty and selection bias.
* Electromagnetic telescopes: Optical, Gamma-ray (X-ray), IR
* Neutrinos (and cosmic rays)
* Gravitational wave sources and detectors
* How to combine data into multi-messenger astronomy
Zugeordnete Module
P25.1.d
Umfang, Studienpunkte; Modulabschlussprüfung / Leistungsnachweis
3 SWS, 6 SP/ECTS (Arbeitsanteil im Modul für diese Lehrveranstaltung, nicht verbindlich)
Ansprechpartner
Jakob Nordin
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