This course covers a wide range of topics in astrophysics, including gravity, exoplanets, black holes, star formation, cosmic microwave background, and the search for extraterrestrial life. The course aims to provide an understanding of the universe's structure, origins, and complexities. Students will learn about tools such as gravitational wave detectors, laser frequency combs, and mathematical models of the universe. The teaching method includes lectures by experts in the field. This course is intended for individuals interested in deepening their knowledge of astrophysics and the mysteries of the cosmos.
Overview
Syllabus
Essence of Gravity - Martin Rees.
Exoplanets — Didier Queloz.
Is There a Ninth Planet in the Solar System?.
Hawking Radiation – Hadi Godazgar.
Supergravity and Kaluza-Klein Theory – Hadi Godazgar.
Higher dimensional gravity — Mahdi Godazgar.
Black holes - Mahdi Godazgar.
Interplanetary satellites and distributed systems of small satellites Klaus Schilling.
Search for Life in Solar Vicinity - Jean-Loup Bertaux.
Venusian volcanism – Jean-Loup Bertaux.
Voyager and the Heliopause Crossing - Jean-Loup Bertaux.
Observation of D/H Ratio in Comets — Paul Hartogh / Serious Science.
D/H Ratio in Solar System - Paul Hartogh.
Lensing of Cosmic Microwave Background - Lyman Page.
Cosmic Microwave Background - Lyman Page.
Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization - Lyman Page.
The Stability of The Solar System - Scott Tremaine.
Supermassive Black Holes in Galaxies - Scott Tremaine.
The interstellar medium - Christopher McKee.
Star Formation - Christopher McKee.
Primordial Stars - Christopher McKee.
The first stars and galaxies - Avi Loeb.
A closer look at black holes – Avi Loeb.
The search for extraterrestrial life - Avi Loeb.
The Transits of Exoplanets - Joshua Winn.
Potentially Habitable Planets - Joshua Winn.
Hot Jupiters - Joshua Winn.
Circumbinary Planets - Joshua Winn.
Cosmic Inflation and the Origin of Structure in Universe - David Kaiser.
The Mathematical Structure of Our Universe - Max Tegmark.
Precision Cosmology - Max Tegmark.
Our Mathematical Universe - Max Tegmark.
Evidence for Parallel Universes — Max Tegmark / Serious Science.
Laser Frequency Combs in Astrophysics - Ronald Walsworth.
Construction of the Soviet Cosmonaut - Vyacheslav Gerovitch.
The Search for Gravitational Waves - Nergis Mavalvala.
Quantum Noise Limit in Gravitational Wave Detector - Nergis Mavalvala.
Death of Stars - Walter Lewin.
Origin of Complexity in the Universe - Seth Lloyd.
Dark Matter — John Ellis / Serious Science.
Moons of Saturn — Michele Dougherty / Serious Science.
Life in Space — Martin Rees / Serious Science.
Life on Exoplanets — Didier Queloz / Serious Science.
Cassini Mission — David Southwood / Serious Science.
Early Universe — John Ellis / Serious Science.
Earth's Magnetosphere — David Southwood / Serious Science.
Magnetic Field of Saturn — Michele Dougherty / Serious Science.
Saturn's Mysteries — David Southwood / Serious Science.
Moons of Jupiter — Michele Dougherty / Serious Science.
Gravitational Lensing — Alan Heavens / Serious Science.
Standard Cosmological Model — Alan Heavens / Serious Science.
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