SPFCU48

UE Instrumentation for astronomy

Unité d'enseignement (UE) de 3 crédits

^En UE enseignée en Anglais

DESCRIPTION
ORGANISATION
FORMATIONS

Contenu

Chapter 1. Observing the universe. Links with instrumentations

1.1 Observing the universe at different wavelengths
1.2 Parasitic sources of light emission
1.3 Other sources of light emission
1.4 Neutrinos
1.5 Gravitational waves
1.6 Observatories of the 21st century

Chapter 2. Telescopes

2.1 Basics on telescopes
2.2 UVOIR (UV-Optical-IR) telescopes
2.3 High angular resolution
2.4 Radio telescopes
2.5 Observing from space
2.6 X and γ-rays astronomy

Chapter 3. Light dispersers

3.1 Prisms
3.2 Gratings and Grisms
3.3 Fabry-Perot interferometers, tunable filters
3.4 Michelson interferometers, FFT

Chapter 4. Detectors

4.1 The observer’s problem
4.2 Flux Measurements and noises
4.3 Charge Coupled Devices (CCD)
4.4 Alternative detectors

Chapter 5. Introduction to spectroscopes

5.1 Introduction to astrophysical instrumentation
5.2 Spectroscopy: basic Layouts
5.3 Introduction to spectroscopes and data cubes
5.4 Quick spectroscope history
5.5 Spectrographs and spectrometers

Chapter 6. Spectrographs

6.1 Introduction
6.2 Elementary ray optics
6.3 Energy flow
6.4 Study of a spectrograph
6.5 Dispersers
6.6 Study of a spectrograph, the case of gratings
6.7 Application: Example of grating spectrograph
6.8 Instrumental design constraints

Chapter 7. Spectro-Imagers

7.1 Etendue Conservation
7.2 Multi-object spectrographs (MOS)
7.3 Spectro-imagers (IFU, IFS)
7.4 Spectro-imagers: spectrograph imagers
7.5 Spectro-imagers: spectrometer imagers

Langue(s) d'enseignement

Anglais

Prérequis obligatoires

Solid background in optics

Modalités d'organisation

Two hours sessions of mixed courses and tutorials. Possibility to perform observations at Observatoire de Haute-Provence.

Volume des enseignements

Volume total: 26 heures

Responsables pédagogiques:

AMRAM Philippe

Codes APOGÉE

SPFCU48J [ELP]