2023 Faculty Courses School of Science Department of Physics Graduate major in Physics
Special Lectures in Physics LI
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Physics
- Instructor(s)
- Katsuaki Asano
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- PHY.P592
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2023
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 8, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
The course teaches the relativistic astronomical phenomena in the universe.
In particular, student will learn the acceleration site, acceleration process, and radiation process of high-energy particles. Finally the remaining open problems and the ways to solve them will be argued.
Course description and aims
Understand the following topics:
・What kind of high-energy radiation is emitted from what kind of object
・Standard model of the jet formation process
・Acceleration process of high-energy particles
・Non-thermal radiation from radio to gamma-rays, radiation process of neutrinos
・Development of multi-messenger astronomy
・Unsolved problems and future observation plans
Keywords
High-energy astrophysics (X/gamma-ray astronomy, cosmic-rays, cosmology ), Transient sources, Particle acceleration, Multi-messenger astronomy, Time-domain astronomy
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
I mainly use the slides, but I also write on the blackboard as needed.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Observational Overview of High-Energy Astrophysical Phenomena |
Explain the observational overview of high-energy astrophysical phenomena |
| Class 2 | Supernova explosions, shockwaves, particle acceleration |
Explain supernova explosions, shockwaves, and particle acceleration therein. |
| Class 3 | Pulsars, Pulsar wind nebulae |
Explain pulsars, pulsar wind nebulae. |
| Class 4 | Black hole binaries |
Explain black hole binaries |
| Class 5 | accretion disks, Blazars |
Explain accretion disks and blazars |
| Class 6 | Gamma-ray bursts |
Explain gamma-ray bursts |
| Class 7 | Extrem-energy cosmic rays and their relation to cosmology |
Explain extrem-energy cosmic rays and their relation to cosmology |
| Class 8 | Future plans for multi-messenger astronomy |
Explain the future plans for multi-messenger astronomy |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Textbook(s)
None
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Lecture materials will be uploaded to the web
Evaluation methods and criteria
Submitting a short report at the end of the lecture.
Related courses
- PHY.F352 ： Physics of the Universe
Prerequisites
Nothing in particular, but it is desirable to understand the basics of a wide range of physics.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
Prof Asano：asanok[at]icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp