Welcome to astro858, a course on nucleosynthesis!
- To undestand the Universe's chemical composition, and its evolution in time and space
Due to the current situation and until further notice the course will be taught online using the ecampus platform (see link below). More specifically, each lecture will consist of a series of videos, online quizzes and questions. These modules are self-paced, i.e. you can complete them at your own time, but not after the corresponding deadline (each module should take ~2-3 hours to complete). The exercise classes will be replaced by weekly zoom meetings (TBA).
Until we revert back to normal teaching, your credit will be calculated as follows:
- 50% -- Completion of eModules (videos+tests+exercises)
- 50% -- paper presentations (TBH online, if nothing changes)
To join, please visit the astro858 e-campus/basis page or use the following link (note that both links require a valid UNI-ID)
If you're interested in joining the course, put the above methods don't work, please send an email to janton@mpifr.de
The powerpoint presentations will be available in the table below. I will try my best to upload the slides at least two days before the Thursday lectures.
The lectures will follow the material provided in the:
Some useful books that cover all topics of the course in detail:
- [ILIADIS] C. Iliadis, Nuclear Physics of Stars, 2005, Wiley, ISBN 0-978-3-527-33648-7
- [ARNET] D. Arnett, Supernovae and Nucleosynthesis, 1996, Princeton University Press, ISBN 0-691-01147-8
- [ROLFS] C. E. Rolfs and W. S. Rodney, Claudrons in the Cosmos, 1988, The Univesity of Chicago Press, ISBN 0-226-72456-5
- [PAGEL] B.E.J. Pagel, Nucleosynthesis and Chemical Evolution of Galaxies, 2009, Second edition, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-84030-9
- [CLAYTON] D.D. Clayton, Principles of Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis, 1968, University of Chicago Press, ISBN 0-226 10953-4
- K. Nomoto, C. Kobayashi & N. Tominaga, Nucleosynthesis in Stars and the Chemical Enrichment of Galaxies, ARAA, 2013
- Gary Steigman, Light Element Nucleosynthesis, Encyclopedia of Astronomy & Astrophysics, P. Murdin, 2006
- F. Kappeler, H. Beer & K, Wisshak, s-process nucleosynthesis-nuclear physics and the classical model, Reports on Progress in Physics 52, 945 1989
- M. Arnould, S. Goriely, K. Takahashi, The r-process of stellar nucleosynthesis: Astrophysics and nuclear physics achievements and mysteries, Physics Reports 450, 97 2007
- M. Arnould, S. Goriely, The p-process of stellar nucleosynthesis: astrophysics and nuclear physics status. Physics Reports 384, 1 2003
- Advanced Stages of Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis; Course by Prof. Stan Woosley *Introduction to applied nuclear physics; Course by Prof. Paola Cappellaro
Each student is expected to give a 15 min presentation (10' + 5' for questions) on a recent research paper on a topic in nucleosynthesis. Please e-mail your preference to janton [at] mpifr.de by May 24. A list of suggested papers is available here. Please check the library description to see if a paper has already been chosen. Note that you will need an active account to view the library. If you don't already have an account, you can register here
| Chapter / Lecture | Lecture Date | - | Excercise class |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1: Introduction | - | ||
| 2: Nuclear Physics Essentials | - | - | |
| 2: Thermonuclear reactions | - | ||
| 3: Big-bang nucleosynthesis | |||
| 4.1,.2: [Stellar Evolution and H burning] | |||
| 4.2: [H-burning (cont.)] | |||
| 4.3: [Helium Burning, advanced burning] | |||
| 5: [s-process] | |||
| 5: [r-process, explosive nucleosynthesis] | |||
| 6: [Thermonuclear supernovae] | |||
| 7: Li, Be, B (*) | |||
| 8: Galactic chemical evolution | |||
| Student presentations - 1 | July [TBD] | - | - |
| Student presentations - 2 | July [TBD] | - | - |
- periodictable.com
- Look up nuclear masses and deformations
- JINA Reaclib database (reaction rates)
- National Nuclear Datacenter; Brookhaven National Lab (nuclear data)
- Brusslib (nuclear data incl. partition functions)
- Karlsruhe Astrophysical Database of Nucleosynthesis in Stars (nuclear data)
- NuGrid Collaboration
- Open Supernova Catalogue
- Transient Name Server
- Astronomers' Telegram
- Gamma-ray Coordinates Network (GCN)
- Gravitational Wave Transient Catalogue (O1 & O2)
- O3 Gravitational Wave Transients
- JINAbase (database of metal poor stars)
- bigbangonline.org (BBN simulation tool)
- Meteoride Compositions
- Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics (LUNA)
- US nuclear data program
- Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA)
- Star in a box
- The GALPROP code for cosmic-ray transport and diffuse emission production
- The elements in haiku