Nuclear Astrophysics
Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of Washington



Outline


  1. Big bang nucleosynthesis

  2. Nuclear reaction in stars
    1. hydrogen burning: pp chain, CNO cycles
    2. red giant evolution: 12C(alpha, gamma), triple alpha reaction


  3. Solar neutrinos
    1. detectors
    2. neutrino oscillations and the MSW effect


  4. Core-collapse supernovae
    1. in novae
    2. s-process
    3. r-process
    4. neutrino process


  5. Nucleosynthesis

  6. Neutron stars

  7. Composition and sources of cosmic rays

  8. Atmospheric neutrinos

  9. Gamma rays
    1. low energy lines from our galaxy
    2. gamma ray bursts




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