PHY983
Nuclear Astrophysics - Spring 2003
Topics and Lecture Notes
| Topic - click for lecture notes | Status | Material | |
| Abundances: The Composition of the Universe | covered |
Arnett chapter 2, Pagel 1.3. and 3, Clayton 1.9, Rolfs 1.3.1. Grevesse & Sauval, Space Sci. Rev. 85 (1998) 161 |
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| "We are all stardust": Overview Nucleosynthesis | covered | ||
| Nuclear Physics that governs the Universe: Part I: Masses - Stability and Decay | covered | Any beginners text to nuclear physics | |
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Part II: Reaction Rates Intro Direct Reactions Resonant Reactions and summary |
covered | Arnett chapter 3.3-3.4, Pagel
2.5-2.7, Clayton chapter 4, Rolfs ? Articles with explanations of the basic stellar reaction rate formalism: FCZ (Fowler, Caughlin, Zimmerman, Ann. Rev. Astron. Astrophysics 5 (1967) 525) and NACRE (Angulo et al. Nucl. Phys. A 656 (1999) 3 The reaction rates in FCZ are not up to date anymore, but NACRE is a current compilation. |
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| Part III: Beta decay Rates | skipped | ||
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The Life of Stars: Stellar burning stages Hydogen burning - steady flow Other burning stages |
pdf1 pdf2 |
covered | Rolfs chapter 6.1-6.2, Clayton 5.1-5.4, Pagel 5.6, Arnett 7.1-7.3 |
| The Death of Stars: Supernovae, Neutron Stars and White Dwarfs | covered | Rolfs 2.5.4 and 8.3, not covered in Clayton, Pagel 5.9, 5.11, Arnett 9,11,13 | |
| Beyond Iron I: The mystery of the r-process | covered | Pagel 6.3., Clayton 7.3.
(outdated), Rolfs 9 B.S. Meyer ARA&A32 (194) 153 |
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| Beyond Iron II: s- and p-process | covered | Pagel 6.2, Clayton 7.3. (outdated),
Rolfs 9 B.S. Meyer ARA&A32 (194) 153 |
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| Beyond
Iron III Hydrogen burning at the extremes - the rp process |
done |