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 |