Università degli Studi di Trieste
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Dipartimento di Fisica
Corso di Laurea Magistrale Interateneo in Fisica
Percorso formativo di Astrofisica e Cosmologia
Prof. Giovanni Vladilo (INAF-OATs)
Academic Year 2018-2019
Solar System
Overview
- Dynamics
- Earth interior
- Rocky planets interiors
Rocky planets volatiles
- Rocky planets energy budget
- Minor bodies (inner Solar System)
Giant planets
- Satellites (outer Solar System)
- Minor bodies (outer Solar System)
Exoplanets
Introduction
- Direct imaging
- Doppler method
- Timing & Astrometric methods
- Microlensing & Transit methods
Statistical properties
- Architecture of planetary systems
- Host stars
- Characterization
- Atmospheres
Planetary formation
Star formation
- Protoplanetary disks
Observational constraints on planetary formation
- Models of planetary formation
Interstellar medium and astrochemistry
The interstellar medium
- Astrochemistry 1
- Astrochemistry 2
Astrobiology
Terrestrial life: properties & definition
- Thermodynamical and chemical properties
Carbon, water, and possible alternatives
- Biomolecules
Genetic code - Cells - Xenobiology
- Extremophiles & physico-chemical limits of life
Habitability requirements
- Planetary climate & habitability
Chronology of the origin of life
- Prebiotic chemistry
RNA world and protocells
- Life evolution
Astrobiology in the inner Solar System
- Astrobiology in the outer Solar System
Habitable exoplanets
- Atmospheric biosignatures and life in the Galaxy