理論天文学特別講義IV

We will try to follow the following outline during the course. However, the schedule can change depending on the progress of each lecture, and the feedback from the students. 1. The story of a ghost: discovery of the neutrino 2. The ghost in the sun: solar neutrino problem 3. Neutrino oscillations in vacuum and how not to solve solar neutrino problem 4. Neutrino oscillations in matter, MSW resonance, and how to solve the solar neutrino problem 5. SNO and Kamiokande: 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics 6. Core collapse supernova as a neutrino event and nucleosynthesis of heavy elements 7. Neutrinos in Cosmology 8. High energy extragalactic neutrinos and outlook"

Lectures will be based on the blackboard with occasional slide resentations. The lectures will be given in English. I will use a simple and clear English for everyone to easily understand.

Evaluations will be based on the students' answers to some occasional questions in the class, report publications, and the positive action by the students.

1. Fundamentals of Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics by Carlo Giunti and Chung W. Kim 2. Physics of Neutrinos with Applications to Astrophysics by Masataka Fukugita and Tsutomu Yanagida 3. Stars as Laboratories for Fundamental Physics by Georg G. Raffelt 4. Neutrino Astrophysics by John Bahcall. 5. Neutrino by Frank Close"

Students are expected to know quantum mechanics and electromagnetism in the undergraduate level. A very basic understanding of particle interactions would be helpful, although it is not essential.