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Astroparticle Physics

2014/2015

NM076B
first semester, 6 ec
32 hrs lecture Tuesday 8:30 - 10:30 HG 01.057
32 hrs problem session Wednesday 8:30 - 10:30HG 01.057

Exam:
Oral exam. Please contact me for an appointment.

Lectures:
09.09.2014 1. Introduction and historical remarks
10.09.2014 2. Direct measurements of cosmic rays
17.09.2014 3. Properties of cosmic rays at low energies
23.09.2014 4. Propagation of cosmic rays in the Galaxy
30.09.2014 5. Fermi acceleration
07.10.2014 6. Galactic and extragalactic sources of cosmic rays
08.10.2014 7. Extensive air showers
04.11.2014 8. Air shower experiments
11.11.2014 9. Radio detection of air showers
18.11.2014 10. Properties of cosmic rays with energies exceeding 100 TeV
25.11.2014 11. Galactic cosmic rays and the knee/Transition to extragalactic origin
03.12.2014 12. Extragalactic cosmic rays
10.12.2014 13. High-energy gamma rays
17.12.2014 14. TeV gamma-ray Galactic sources
06.01.2015 15. TeV gamma rays extraglactic sources/Astrophysical neutrinos
13.01.2015 16. Neutrino astronomy

Problem sessions:

Teaching assistant: Johannes Schulz (j.schulz # astro.ru.nl)

Solutions for the problems will be discussed during the corresponding werkcollege and written on the blackboard.
The students are strongly encouraged to actively participate and present their solutions at the blackboard.
Students who participate regularly (typically 2 to 3 times at the blackboard) will obtain a bonus point for the final exam.
The solutions elaborated by the students will not be collected, they do not need to be delivedred.

16.09.2014 Tutorial 1
24.09.2014 Tutorial 2
01.10.2014 Tutorial 3
15.10.2014 Tutorial 4
22.10.2014 Tutorial 5
29.10.2014 Tutorial 6
05.11.2014 Tutorial 7 material 1 material 2
12.11.2014 Tutorial 8
26.11.2014 Tutorial 9
09.12.2014 Tutorial 10
16.12.2014 Tutorial 11
14.01.2015 Tutorial 12

Literature:
M.S. Longair
High Energy Astrophysics (3rd edition)
Cambridge University Press
T. Stanev
High Energy Cosmic Rays
Springer Verlag
T.K. Gaisser
Cosmic Rays and Particle Physics
Cambridge University Press
C. Grupen
Astroparticle Physics
Springer Verlag
V.S. Berezinsky
Astrophysics of Cosmic Rays
Elsevier Science, North-Holland
D. Perkins
Particle Astrophysics
Oxford University Press


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