PHY983
Nuclear Astrophysics - Spring 2005
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 Asplund, Grevesse & Sauval, astro-ph/0410214 |
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| Nuclear Masses: | covered | Any beginners text for nuclear physics, Pagel Pg 16,17 | |
| H-burning in the sun - the pp-chain | covered | Pagel 5.6.1. | |
| Introduction to reaction rates | covered | Pagel 2.4/2.5 NACRE Reaction Rate Compilation |
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| Solar neutrinos | ongoing | E. Roulet "Neutrino Phenomenology" astro-ph/0412639 gives a nice overview over neutrinos in general A.B. McDonald "Solar Neutrino Measurements", astro-ph/0406253 |
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| H-burning in the sun - CNO Cycles | covered | ||
| Stars and the Main Sequence | covered | ||
| Reaction rates: direct reactions | covered | ||
| Reaction rates: resonant reactions | covered | ||
| Reaction rates: laboratory measurements | covered | ||
| Advanced burning stages | covered | ||
| Supernovae | covered | ||
| The s-process | covered | ||
| The r-process | ongoing | neutron separation energies (Format is Z A Sn, with Sn in MeV) B. S. Meyer - The r-, s-, and p-processes in nucleosynthesis, Ann. Rev. Astron. & Astrophys. 32 (1994) 153 |