PHY983
Nuclear Astrophysics - Spring 2009
Topics and Lecture Notes
| Topic - click for lecture notes | Status | Material | |
| Abundances: The Composition of the Universe | done |
Grevesse & Sauval, Space Sci. Rev. 85 (1998) 161 |
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| Nuclear masses: a basic nuclear property that shapes the universe | done | ||
| Nuclear reactions in the Sun: pp-chain | done | ||
| Intro to astrophysical reaction rates | done | ||
| Stars on the main sequence | done | ||
| Direct reaction rates | done | ||
| Resonant rates | done | ||
| Advanced Burning Stages | done | ||
| Laboratory Measurements | done | ||
| Big Bang | done | ||
| Supernovae | done | ||
| s-process | done | ||
| r-process | done |
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| X-ray bursts and rp-process I | done | ||
| X-ray bursts and rp-process II | done | ||
| p-process | ongoing |