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
Stavro Ivanovski and Giovanni Vladilo (INAF-OATs)
Academic Year 2022-2023
Solar System
Overview
- Dynamics
- The Earth as a Planet
- 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
Astrochemistry
Astrochemistry 1
- Astrochemistry 2
Astrobiology
Introduction
- Physical properties and chemical ingredients of life
Carbon and water in terrestrial life
- Metabolic and genetic macromolecules
- Life in a cosmic context
- Extremophiles: physico-chemical limits of life
- Habitability
- Planetary climates and habitable zones
Prebiotic chemistry
From molecular replicators to protocells
- Origin of life in the Archean Earth
- Life evolution
Astrobiology in the inner Solar System
- Astrobiology in the outer Solar System
Habitable exoplanets
- Atmospheric biosignatures and life in the Galaxy