Neutrino astronomy (PW-NUASTRO)5 ECTS
(englische Bezeichnung: Neutrino astronomy)
(Prüfungsordnungsmodul: Neutrino Astronomy)

Lectures:

• • Neutrino astronomy
    (Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, Thomas Eberl, Wed, 10:00 - 12:00, Aufzeichnung auf FAU-Videoportal; Online course with prerecorded video material. One episode per week will be released. In parallel, a forum on studon and occasional Q&A-sessions (as needed) will be used for discussion and interaction.)
  • Exercises neutrino astronomy
    (Übung, 2 SWS, Sebastian Fiedlschuster et al., Wed, 13:00 - 15:00, Zoom-Meeting; starting 11.11.2020)

Inhalt:

Contents:

• Neutrino phenomenology: flavour oscillations, matter effects, neutrino mass ordering

• Atmospheric neutrinos: generation, fluxes, experiments

• Low-energy neutrino astronomy: neutrinos from the Sun, supernova neutrinos, historical and current experiments

• High-energy neutrino astronomy: detection concepts, detectors, backgrounds, diffuse astrophysical flux, astrophysical source models, searches for point sources, dark matter
  

Lernziele und Kompetenzen:

Learning goals and competences:
Students

• explain the relevant topics of the lecture

• apply the methods to specific examples

Literatur:

• A. Eriditato (ed.), The state of the art of neutrino physics, World Scientific, 2018

• R. Aloisio et al. (eds.), Multiple Messengers and Challenges

in Astroparticle Physics, Springer, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65425-6_4, 2018

• S. Bilenky, Introduction to the Physics of Massive and Mixed Neutrinos, 2nd ed., Springer Lecture Notes in Physics 947, 2018

• Z.-Z. Xing, S. Zhou, Neutrinos in particle physics, astronomy and cosmology, Springer and Zhejiang UP, 2011

• F. Suekane, Neutrino oscillations, Springer Lecture Notes in Physics 898, 2015

• K. Zuber, Neutrino physics, 2nd edition, Taylor&Francis, 2012

• J. Bernabeu et al. (eds.), Neutrino Physics, Hindawi Publishing Corp., 2013

• C. Giunti, C.W. Kim, Fundamentals of neutrino physics and astrophysics, Oxford UP

• N. Schmitz, Neutrinophysik, Teubner, 1997 (teilweise veraltet)

• V. Barger et al., The physics of neutrinos, Princeton UP

• T. Gaisser, Cosmic Rays and Particle Physics, Cambridge UP

• Valle + Romao, Neutrinos in High-Energy and Astroparticle Physics, Wiley-VCH

Bemerkung:

May be applied to specialisation 'Astrophysics and astroparticle physics' in the physics master program starting winter term 2018/19.

Verwendbarkeit des Moduls / Einpassung in den Musterstudienplan:

1. Physik (Bachelor of Science)
   (Po-Vers. 2020w | NatFak | Physik (Bachelor of Science) | Gesamtkonto | Physikalische Wahlfächer | Neutrino Astronomy)

Studien-/Prüfungsleistungen:

Neutrino Astronomy (Prüfungsnummer: 71571)

(englischer Titel: Neutrino Astronomy)

Prüfungsleistung, mündliche Prüfung, Dauer (in Minuten): 30, benotet, 5 ECTS

Anteil an der Berechnung der Modulnote: 100.0 %

Prüfungssprache: Englisch

Erstablegung: WS 2020/2021, 1. Wdh.: WS 2020/2021 (nur für Wiederholer)

1. Prüfer:

Thomas Eberl