Date |
Day | Topic and Notes | HW | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/10 | W | Introduction, Abundances (Notes) | ||
| 1/12 | F | Abundances | HW1 handout | |
| 1/17 | W | Abundances/Masses and decay modes (Notes) | ||
| 1/19 | F | No Class | ||
| 1/24 | W | Abundances group exercise | HW1 reading assignment due | |
| 1/26 | F | Nuclear Masses and decay modes | HW1 due, HW2 handout | |
| 1/31 | W | No class | ||
| 2/2 | F | Nuclear burning in the sun, pp-chain (Notes) Introduction to stellar reaction rates (Notes) |
HW2 due, HW3 handout | NACRE link |
| 2/5 | M | Nuclear burning in the sun, neutrinos (Notes) | ||
| 2/7 | W | Room: BPS1400 Main Sequence Stars (Notes) | ||
| 2/9 | F | CNO cycle group exercise (CNO Notes) | HW3 due, HW4 handout | Wallet Cards (Masses and Half-lives) |
| 2/14 | W | No class | ||
2/16 |
F | Reaction Rates (direct) (Notes) | HW4 due, HW5 handout | |
| 2/19 | M | Reaction Rates (direct) | ||
| 2/21 | W | Reaction Rates (Resonant) (Notes) | HW6 handout | |
| 2/23 | F | Midterm Exam | ||
| 2/28 | W | Laboratory Measurements (Notes) | ||
| 3/2 | F | No class | HW5 due in mailbox | |
| Spring | Spring Break | |||
| 3/12 | M | Explosive Hydrogen Burning partI (Notes) | ||
| 3/14 | W | Explosive Hydrogen Burning partII (Notes) | HW7 handout | |
| 3/16 | F | No class | HW6 due in mailbox | |
| 3/19 | M | Explosive Hydrogen Burning partII continued | ||
| 3/21 | W | Advanced Stellar Burning Group Exercise | ||
| 3/23 | F | Advanced Stellar Burning (Notes) | HW7 due, HW8 handout | |
| 3/28 | W | Nuclear Statistical Equilibrium | ||
| 3/30 | F | Supernovae (Notes) | HW8 due, HW9 handout | |
| 4/4 | W | Supernovae | ||
| 4/6 | F | Supernovae/n-capture processes | HW9 due, HW10 handout | |
| 4/11 | W | s-process Group Exercise | ||
| 4/13 | F | s-process, intro r-process (Notes) | HW10 due, HW11 handout | |
| 4/18 | W | r-process Group Exercise (Intro notes) | ||
| 4/20 | F | r-process (Notes) | HW11 due, HW12 handout | |
| 4/25 | W | r-process/p-process | ||
| 4/27 | F | summary | HW12 due | |
| Final Exam |