====== Teaching ====== ==== Galactic Physics, for graduate students (Spring semester, since 2021) ==== - Introduction - Cosmological background - Linear perturbation theory - Non-linear collapse and virialization - Formation and structure of dark matter halos - Statistics of the galaxy distribution - Galaxy formation in gaseous halos - Structure and formation of disk galaxies - Elliptical galaxies - Semi-analytically modelling galaxy formation ==== Observational Cosmology: From the Solar System to the Distant Universe (general education course for undergraduates, Fall semester, since 2017) ==== - Introduction of the Course - Scales of the Universe - Seasons and the Sky - Origin of Astronomy - Light and Radiation - Sun and the World of Stars - Star Physics: Birth, Life and Remnants - Our Galaxy: Milky Way - The World of Galaxies - The Distant Universe - Special Lecture (1): Introduction to Observational Astrophysics - Special Lecture (2): The Early Universe and Epoch of Reionization - Special Lecture (3): Gamma Ray Bursts and Gravitational Wave Astronomy - Special Lecture (4): Protoplanetary disks: witnessing the birth of planets - Special Lecture (5): Exoplanets and Extraterrestrial Life - Students Presentations and Discussion ==== Observational Astrophysics, for graduate students (Spring semester, 2016-2020) ==== - Introduction - Astrophysical information and effect of atmosphere - Celestial coordinates and time - Optical observational instruments - Photometry - Imaging - Spectroscopy - Polarization measuring - Infrared observations - UV observations - X-ray and Gamma-ray observations - Radio astronomy - Cosmic-ray, neutrino and gravitational wave