Courses and lectures scheduled for 2020/2021

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Advanced courses, specific for PhD students in Physics (Field: Experimental High-Energy Physics), prof. G. Punzi.
- Statistical Analysis lab. – Programmed Period: Period 18/2 - 25/3 (5 weeks, 40 hs in total)
Students will be attend lectures in class, where a few representative statistical problems will be presented, requiring numerical methods for their solution.
In addition to discussions on general methodologies, students will be given specific directions about the problems at hand and will then work on them invidually. They are expected to turn in the results at the next class, where they will be discussed. Each student is expected to perform work using his/her own preferred software platform. It is a precondition of this course that the student has access and the needed knowledge to use a programmable software system capable of performing simple calculations, random number generation, histogramming and plotting.
- Advanced lab of Fundamental Interactions – Period: 10/1 - 14/2 (5 weeks, 40 hs in total)
Each student will have exclusive access to an experimental setup for the duration of the course, and will be assigned a measurement to perform individually.
Classes will be held twice a week, where the teacher will provide guidance and individual feedback to each student, discussing the progress of each measurement.
Students are then expected to work individually on their assignments, with the freedom of choosing their preferred schedule during the opening hours of the lab.
These courses are entirely in English.

- Introduction to Astrophysics (Field: Astrophysics). Professors: V. Roccatagliata, S. Shore, M. Cignoni, P. Prada Moroni, P. Paolicchi, S. Degl’Innocenti, W. Del Pozzo.
Programmed Period: Period 22/2 - 31/5 (40 hs in total)
The course provides an introductory overview of key astrophysical processes and questions, such as planetary formation and properties, stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis, the interstellar medium and star formation, galactic evolution and cosmology, and some modern aspects of gravitational physics. The detailed program can be viewed here
The course is given in English.

- Scientific Writing for Physicists’, specific for PhD students in Physics, prof. S. Shore. – Programmed Period: Period 14/3 - 31/5 (6 weeks, 24 hs in total)
Requirements: there will be required readings (distributed in advance and also during the session), assigned project; requirement of interactive participation.
Overview:
During the first part, the general issues of scientific writing will be covered. In all cases detailed examples will be provided and prepared for the second part when you will bring your work for analysis.  There will be assigned work after the each day that will be due for the next session.  Please allow time for the exercises,  the material will be of little use without the individual work.
1. Scientific journals: an overview editorial-referee structure of journals - the submission and review process at different journals and how it’s developed, overview
2. Structure of a paper, details of construction: abstracts, introductions, discussions
3. Citations and the literature
4. Ethical issues: this is a particularly important part of the course
5. Statistics, experimental details, how complete does the paper need to be?
6. Graphs, figures: preparation issues (this is NOT as simple as it seems)
7.  The submission process - preparing the paper
8.  Responding to a referee report(s)
9. Facilities, acknowledgments
10. How to prepare a referee report
11. Grant proposals, various examples
12.  Conference presentations: preparing your talk (additional  material: conference proceedings: preparing the paper
14. Internal refereeing (collaborations)    (this will take some time, be prepared with examples of your own for the discussions)
14. Posting papers online: when, how, why?
This course is entirely in English.

In addition, here you find the lists of courses of the Master Degree in Physics of the University of Pisa and of the Scuola Normale, that can be also profitably attended by our PhD students at the first year. These lists are already approved by the Teaching Board of the PhD School in Physics.
Finally, a few cross-disciplinary modules, specifically organized for PhD Students by the University of Pisa, and of interest for PhD Students in Physics will be defined soon