The course covers both fundamental theory and observations in a topical subject in astrophysics. Examples are GRBs, AGNs, black holes, pulsars, X-ray polarisation.
Active follow up of literature in the research area.
Student presentations of important resutls and recent progress in the field.
After completing the course the student should be able to:
- understand fundamental concepts within a topical research area in Astrophysics
- be able to use the theory to critically evaluate scientific articles wrt methodology and results as well as set the research performed in the article into a larger context.
- Identify the most important research development within the research field.