{"id":126,"date":"2024-02-22T15:15:12","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T14:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.master-m1generalphysics.universite-paris-saclay.fr\/?page_id=126"},"modified":"2026-01-07T19:37:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T18:37:02","slug":"astrophysics-astroparticles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.master-m1generalphysics.universite-paris-saclay.fr\/?page_id=126","title":{"rendered":"Astrophysics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>3 ECTS Credits &#8212; Semester 2 &#8212; <\/strong>Elective<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Astrophysics<\/strong> is a branch of astronomy that deals with the physics of celestial bodies and the universe as a whole. The interplay between astrophysics and astroparticles involves using astrophysical observations to understand fundamental particle physics processes in various, often extreme environments in the universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Syllabus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Our Galaxy and its interstellar medium<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Photoionisation balance in the ISM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Magnetic fields and MHD in astrophysics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gravitational collapse and structure formation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Suggested bibliography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lequeux, J. The interstellar mediu. Springer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Draine, B. T. Physics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium. PUP.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prerequisites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This course requires some knowledge of the concepts introduced in the Semester 1 courses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.master-m1generalphysics.universite-paris-saclay.fr\/?page_id=88\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"88\">Particles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.master-m1generalphysics.universite-paris-saclay.fr\/?page_id=86\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"86\">Nuclei<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.master-m1generalphysics.universite-paris-saclay.fr\/?page_id=111\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"111\">Universe<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 ECTS Credits &#8212; Semester 2 &#8212; Elective Astrophysics is a branch of astronomy that deals with the physics of celestial bodies and the universe as a whole. The interplay between astrophysics and astroparticles involves using astrophysical observations to understand fundamental particle physics processes in various, often extreme environments in the universe. Syllabus Suggested bibliography [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-126","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.master-m1generalphysics.universite-paris-saclay.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.master-m1generalphysics.universite-paris-saclay.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.master-m1generalphysics.universite-paris-saclay.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.master-m1generalphysics.universite-paris-saclay.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.master-m1generalphysics.universite-paris-saclay.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.master-m1generalphysics.universite-paris-saclay.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":445,"href":"https:\/\/www.master-m1generalphysics.universite-paris-saclay.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126\/revisions\/445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.master-m1generalphysics.universite-paris-saclay.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}