COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DARK MATTER AND MYSTERIOUS OF THE UNIVERSE-I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ERA 0006 DARK MATTER AND MYSTERIOUS OF THE UNIVERSE-I ELECTIVE 2 2 0 7

Offered By

Faculty Of Science

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÜMIT AKINCI

Offered to

Biology
Computer Science
Mathematics
Physics
Chemistry
Statistics

Course Objective

- To learn the basic concept in astronomy and astroparticle physics.
- To learn what is in the universe and how the universe evolves.
- To deal with unsolved problems and mysteries of the universe.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning some basics: Units, distances, and parallaxes. To gain a perspective for structures and scales.
2   Learning Newtonian gravity, Kepler's laws, Celestial coordinates, time.
3   Learning history of telescopes, geometric optics, detectors (UV, VIS, IR), radio telescopes, x-ray and gamma-ray telescopes.
4   Learning blackbody radiation, spectra, Kirchoff's laws, atomic transitions, non-thermal mechanisms, magnitudes and fluxes.
5   Learning interstellar medium (ISM) phenomenology and properties, star formation, planetary system formation.
6   Learning Solar system as an overview, a quick description of the major components, formation of the Solar system, planetary atmospher
7   Learning neutron stars and pulsars, stellar black holes, gamma-ray bursts, supermassive black holes, galactic nuclei.
8   Learning overall structure, major components, stellar populations, kinematics, rotation, dark halo, spiral structure, stellar dynamics, local group, evidence of hierarchical assembly.
9   Learning galaxies and their properties, galaxy formation and evolution.
10   Learning dark matter, dark energy and concordance cosmology.
11   Learning thermodynamics of planets, exosolar planetary systems, life in the universe.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and Some Basics
2 The Expanding Universe
3 The Big Bang
4 Giant Black Holes
5 First Light in the Universe
6 Gamma-Ray Bursts
7 Dark Matter
8 MIDTERM
9 Stars and Planets
10 Solar System Formation
11 Neutron Stars and Black Holes
12 The World of Galaxies
13 Cosmology and the Deep Universe
14 Planets beyond the Solar system: Life in Space

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
1. Carroll, B.W., & Ostlie, D.A. (1996), An introduction to modern astrophysics, Reading, Addison-Wesley Pub.
2. Cox, A. N. (Ed.). (2000), Allen's astrophysical quantities (4th ed.), New York: AIP Press and Springer.
3. Harwit, M. (1998), Astrophysical concepts (3rd ed.), New York: Wiley.
4. Padmanabhan, T. (2000-2001), Theoretical astrophysics (Vols.1-2), New York: Cambridge University Press.
5. Smith, R.C. (1995), Observational astrophysics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
6. Bahcall, J. N., & Ostriker, J. P. (Eds.). (1997). Unsolved problems in astrophysics. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
7. Gianfranco Bertone (2010), PARTICLE DARK MATTER Observations, Models and Searches, 1st edition, Cambridge University Press, New York.
Supplementary Book(s):
1. A Brief History of Time (Bantam, 1988), Stephen Hawking
2. Lefteris Papantonopoulos (2007), The invisible Universe: Dark Matter and Dark Energy, Springer, Berlin Heidelberg.
3. Robert H. Sanders, (2010), THE DARK MATTER PROBLEM A Historical Perspective, 1st edition, Cambridge University Press, New York.
4. Ken Freeman and Geoff McNamara, (2006), In Search of Dark Matter, Springer, in association with Praxis Publishing, Chichester, UK.

References:
1. J.D. Lewin, P.F. Smith,(1996), Review of mathematics, numerical factors and corrections for dark matter experiments based on elastic nucleus recoil, Astroparticle Physics, 87-112.
2. Marco Cirelli, (2012), Indirect Searches for Dark Matter: a status review, Proceeding of Lepton-Photon 2011, Mumbai, India. arXiv: 1202.1454

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Method of Expression
2. Question & Answer Techniques
3. Discussion
4. Homewor

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 QUZ QUIZ
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.30 + QUZ * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + FIN * 0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + QUZ * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% of the participation of classes is mandatory.
2. Students, who do not participate in Midterm exams and regularly do the assignments, not allowed entering the final exam

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

umit.akinci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparation for quiz etc. 5 4 20
Preparing assignments 5 4 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Quiz etc. 5 1 5
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 176

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15454
LO.254
LO.3554
LO.44454
LO.54454
LO.64454
LO.75454
LO.8554
LO.9554
LO.10554
LO.11554