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
Academic Year 2020-2021
Giovanni Vladilo and Stavro Ivanovski
(INAF-Trieste Astronomical Observatory)
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
Water and carbon in terrestrial life
- Metabolic and genetic macromolecules
- Life in a cosmic context
Extremophiles: physico-chemical limits of life
- Habitability
- Planetary climates & habitable zones
Prebiotic chemistry
- From molecular replicators to protocells
- The terrestrial context for the origin of life
- Life evolution
Astrobiology in the inner Solar System
- Astrobiology in the outer Solar System
Exoplanets: Habitability and Biosignatures
- Galactic Habitability