{"id":1260,"date":"2026-10-14T16:07:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T08:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tdli.sjtu.edu.cn\/ffeng\/?page_id=1260"},"modified":"2026-10-14T16:07:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T08:07:40","slug":"teaching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.tdli.sjtu.edu.cn\/ffeng\/teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color:#a30003\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Introduction to Astrophysics and Cosmology<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color:#a30003\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>(\u5929\u4f53\u7269\u7406\u5b66\u5b87\u5b99\u5b66\u5bfc\u8bba\uff09<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Two teachers for this course: Fabo Feng and Mengtao Tang<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4 credit points, 64 hours, graduate course in the autumn semester<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Content: The tools of astronomy, the nature of stars, the solar system and exoplanets, and galaxies and the universe. Research-frontier topics include Gaia astrometry, planetary science and exoplanets, black holes and gravitational waves, JWST observations of early galaxies, and 21-cm cosmology and reionization.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exams: Attendance (10%), homework (30%), in-class tests and Q&amp;As (20%), and final examination (40%).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reference textbooks: An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics (2nd ed.), B. W. Carroll &amp; D. A. Ostlie; supplementary textbook: Astrophysics in a Nutshell (2nd ed.), Dan Maoz.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color:#a30003\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Astronomical Observation Practice<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color:#a30003\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>(\u5929\u6587\u89c2\u6d4b\u5b9e\u8df5\uff09<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>3 credit points, 48 hours, graduate-level practical course in the autumn semester<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Content: principles of telescopes and detectors, the methods of photometry andinterferometry, observational data reductionspectroscopy, the principles of intensityand error analysis, and commonly used asstronomical software and programming tools. Practical tasks include photometry, low-resolution spectroscopy, and intensity interferometry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assessment: Three observation reports \u2014 photometry, spectroscopy, and intensity interferometry (30% each); participation and attendance (10%). Final grades are recorded using letter grading.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reference textbooks: Birney, Gonzalez &amp; Oesper,Observational Astronomy (Cambridge) ; Chromey, To Measure the Sky: AnIntroduction to Observational Astronomy (Cambridge) ; Howell, Handbookof CCD Astronomy (Cambridge) ; Kitchin, Astrophysical Techniques(CRC Press).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Software and programming: Python and its astronomy libraries (Astropy, photutils, specutils, lightkurve, astroquery), AstroImageJ, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data and online resources: Public archives such as TESS, Kepler\/K2 and Gaia; the AAVSO variable-star database; andthe IAU Minor Planet Center (MPC) database.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color:#a30003\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>College Physics<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color:#a30003\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>(\u5927\u5b66\u7269\u7406\uff09<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>4 credit points, 64 hours, 2nd-year undergraduate course in the autumn semester<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Content: classical mechanics, electromagnetism, thermal physics, physical optics and modern physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Homework and quizzes: Problem sets based on each week&#8217;s material<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exams: A comprehensive summary of material covered in the past half of the semester<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reference textbooks: \u5927\u5b66\u7269\u7406\u6559\u7a0b\uff08\u4e0a\u6d77\u4ea4\u5927\u51fa\u7248\u793e\uff09-\u7b2c\u56db\u7248\uff08\u4e0a\u3001\u4e0b\u518c\uff09<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong><font color=\"#a30003\"><b>From Earth to <\/b><\/font><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#a30003\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Extraterrestrial Civilization<\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color:#a30003\" class=\"has-inline-color\"> (\u4ece\u5730\u7403\u5230\u7cfb\u5916\u6587\u660e)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Three teachers for this course: Masahiro Ogihara, Xianyu Tan, and Fabo Feng<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Content: astrophysical impact on terrestrial phenomena, planet formation, exoplanet detection, planet atmosphere, and astrobiology, exolife, interstellar travel, and extraterrestrial intelligence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Homework: three hands-on projects for students to choose<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Final exam: get results for a chosen project and present them<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Slides are available online: <a href=\"https:\/\/sjtu.educoder.net\/paths\/6l7ythxe\">https:\/\/sjtu.educoder.net\/paths\/6l7ythxe<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color:#a30003\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Classical Mechanics (\u7ecf\u5178\u529b\u5b66\u6216\u5206\u6790\u529b\u5b66)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>4 credit points, 64 hours, 2nd-year undergraduate course in the autumn semester<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Introduction of the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Formalization of classical mechanics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Motions of rigid body, top, vibration, scattering process<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Poisson brackets, canonical transformation, least-action principle, special relativity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reference textbooks (see below)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"439\" src=\"http:\/\/web.tdli.sjtu.edu.cn\/ffeng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/01\/reference_books-1024x439.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.tdli.sjtu.edu.cn\/ffeng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/01\/reference_books-1024x439.png 1024w, https:\/\/web.tdli.sjtu.edu.cn\/ffeng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/01\/reference_books-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/web.tdli.sjtu.edu.cn\/ffeng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/01\/reference_books-768x329.png 768w, https:\/\/web.tdli.sjtu.edu.cn\/ffeng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/01\/reference_books-1536x659.png 1536w, https:\/\/web.tdli.sjtu.edu.cn\/ffeng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/01\/reference_books-2048x878.png 2048w, https:\/\/web.tdli.sjtu.edu.cn\/ffeng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/01\/reference_books-500x214.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Reference books for Classical Mechanics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"color:#a30003\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Discussion about frontiers of astrophysics (\u5929\u4f53\u7269\u7406\u524d\u6cbf\u8ba8\u8bba\u6216\u79f0\u201c\u6587\u732e\u9605\u8bfb\u8bfe\u201d)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Students present papers and write essays<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Comments from teacher and students on the presentation and essay<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Four criteria for assessment: clear, critical thinking, rigorous, and other elements such as figures and tables<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each student will fill in a grading form for the presenter and essay writer <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Introduction slides: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.tdli.sjtu.edu.cn\/ffeng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/literatureRead2020spring.pdf\">Introduction of the course<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/web.tdli.sjtu.edu.cn\/ffeng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/literatureRead2020spring.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download>\u4e0b\u8f7d<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.tdli.sjtu.edu.cn\/ffeng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/grade.pdf\">Grading form<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/web.tdli.sjtu.edu.cn\/ffeng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/grade.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download>\u4e0b\u8f7d<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction to Astrophysics and Cosmolo &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/web.tdli.sjtu.edu.cn\/ffeng\/teaching\/\">Continue reading <span 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