Gravitational Waves Progenitors 7404-WA-PFG

http://astro.umk.pl/~dorottya/teaching.html#GWprog

Introduction: massive stars as GW progenitors

Compact object progenitors: black holes, neutron stars, white dwarfs. The cosmic gravitational wave background.

Stellar progenitors: massive stars and their astrophysics I. – Single stellar evolution

Stellar progenitors: massive stars and their astrophysics II. – Final stage and explosion

Stellar progenitors: massive stars and their astrophysics III. – Binary stars

Stellar populations in clusters and galaxies; the computational/statistical method of "synthetic populations"

GR, linearized Einstein equations, wave propagation through space-time

GW-detectors in past, present, future

Connected phenomena: supernovae, gamma-ray bursts

Cosmology, star-formation in the early, metal-poor Universe

Total student workload

Contact hours with the teacher: – participation in the lectures: 30 hrs Self-study hours: – preparation for the lectures: 15 hrs – reading the literature: 15 hrs – preparation for the exam: 30 hrs Altogether: 90 hrs (3 ECTS credits)

Learning outcomes - knowledge

The student understands W1 – GWs from the point of view or general relativity as well as from instrumentation (K_W01) W2 – stellar progenitors (K_W03) W3 – compact object progenitors and the cosmic environment of GWs (K_W03)

Learning outcomes - skills

The student is able to U1 – solve the wave equation in the context of GWs (K_W02, K_U01) U2 – perform simple population synthesis calculations (K_U01) U3 – can discuss the basics of GW physics with peers and researchers of the field, and ask informed questions about contemporary research (K_U06)

Learning outcomes - social competencies

The student K1 – is able to read and understand the literature on GW research (K_U07, K_K01)

Teaching methods

Expository teaching methods: – participatory lecture

Observation/demonstration teaching methods

- display

Expository teaching methods

- informative (conventional) lecture
- participatory lecture
- discussion
- description

Exploratory teaching methods

- practical
- presentation of a paper
- seminar

Online teaching methods

- content-presentation-oriented methods
- exchange and discussion methods

Prerequisites

Identical to the course called 0800-M-GRAVPROG, all info about curriculum can be found there: https://usosweb.umk.pl/kontroler.php?_action=katalog2%2Fprzedmioty%2FpokazPrzedmiot&prz_kod=0800-M-GRAVPROG〈=en

Course coordinators

Dorottya Szécsi

Assessment criteria

Assessment methods:
– oral examination: W1, W2, W3, U1, U2, U3, K1

Assessment criteria:
fail: below 50 pts (below 50%)
satisfactory: 50 pts (50%)
satisfactory plus: 60 pts (60%)
good: 70 pts (70%)
good plus: 75 pts (75%)
very good: 80 pts (80%)

Bibliography

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/gravitational-waves-pack-volumes-1-and-2-9780198755289?cc=pl&lang=en&

https://www.ucolick.org/~woosley/ay220-19/papers/pols11.pdf

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/1263/1/012008

https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.05820

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

Description of 7404-WA-PFG in USOSweb