Sistemas Planetários
Áreas Científicas |
Classificação |
Área Científica |
OFICIAL |
Astronomia |
Ocorrência: 2020/2021 - 1S
Ciclos de Estudo/Cursos
Docência - Responsabilidades
Língua de trabalho
Português - Suitable for English-speaking students
Objetivos
• Introduce the students to the field of planetary system science, giving them all the tools to understand the concepts and terminology used;
• Introduce the basic processes of planet formation as an outcome of the stellar formation process;
• Familiarize the students with the basic theoretical and observational tools used in this domain;
• Introduce the state-of-the-art research and results;
• Use the planetary sciences domain to apply concepts of physics and astrophysics that were previously learned.
Resultados de aprendizagem e competências
• Have a historical perspective about the discovery of our Solar System and of other planetary systems;
• Describe the characteristics of the Solar System bodies as well as their composition and structure;
• Have a background about the dynamics of planetary orbits;
• Recognize the basic steps of the formation of a solar-type star, and how those steps lead to the necessary conditions for planet formation;
• Have a general view about the process of planetary system formation and evolution, including some details about the formation of our own Solar System;
• Describe the characteristics of extra-solar planetary systems;
• List and describe the techniques used in this field of research as well as what astrophysical and physical information they provide;
• Recognize the limitations and caveats of the different techniques;
• Describe the difficulties and open issues in this field of research;
• Describe the present state-of-the-art knowledge about the research in planetary system sciences;
• Have an overall view about the challenges for the next years in this field, as well as about the major projects that will allow to give the next big steps;
• Discuss in a critical way all the results in the field;
• Read and present a scientific paper on planetary system research, and motivate an observational project in the field;
• Analyze in a qualitative and quantitative way sets of data coming from planet search programs and determine from them the physical parameters of extra-solar planets.
Modo de trabalho
Presencial
Pré-requisitos (conhecimentos prévios) e co-requisitos (conhecimentos simultâneos)
Conhecimentos básicos de física e matemática.
Programa
Theoretical classes:
1. The Solar System: a Historical Perspective
2. Basic dynamics
3. An introduction to the Solar System: general properties and basic
concepts
4. Star formation: a brief overview
5. Disks as planet formation stages
6. Planet formation: from observational evidence to basic modelling
7. Searching for exoplanets: detection methods
8. Stellar Astrophysics and Exoplanets
9. The properties of planetary systems
Exercise/Practical classes include e.g.:
a. Class excercises
b. Make your own telescope time proposal
c. Detecting an exoplanet with RV and transit data
d. Presentation of scientific papers
Bibliografia Obrigatória
De Pater Imke;
Planetary sciences. ISBN: 9780521853712
Bibliografia Complementar
S. Seager; Exoplanets, University of Arizona Press, 2011
R.W. Hilditch; An introduction to close binary systems, Cambridge University Press, 2001
Métodos de ensino e atividades de aprendizagem
Aulas teóricas e práticas em computador.
Software
latex
http://www.astro.up.pt/resources/soap-t
Tipo de avaliação
Avaliação distribuída com exame final
Componentes de Avaliação
Designação |
Peso (%) |
Exame |
50,00 |
Participação presencial |
10,00 |
Trabalho escrito |
40,00 |
Total: |
100,00 |
Componentes de Ocupação
Designação |
Tempo (Horas) |
Estudo autónomo |
120,00 |
Frequência das aulas |
42,00 |
Total: |
162,00 |
Obtenção de frequência
Frequência nas aulas não é obrigatória mas é considerada de grande importância, pelo que conta para a avaliação final.
Fórmula de cálculo da classificação final
Média pesada das 3 componentes:
- Exame escrito (50%) - mínimo 7 (em 20) valores
- Exercícios nas aulas e participação nas aulas (10%)
- Relatórios de trabalhos práticos (40%)
Melhoria de classificação
Apenas o exame poderá ser alvo de melhoria. As classificações dos trabalhos e da componente de exercícios não pode ser melhorada.
Observações
Juri da UC: Nuno C. Santos, Jorge Filipe Gameiro, Pedro Viana