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NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS

Professors NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS

0522600032
DIPARTIMENTO DI FISICA "E.R. CAIANIELLO"
PHYSICS
2015/2016

YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2014
PRIMO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
648LESSONS
LUCIO GIALANELLA T Curriculum
Objectives
THE COURSE IS FOCUSED ON THE ROLE OF ATOMIC NUCLEI IN ASTROPHYSICS, IN PARTICULAR IN STELLAR EVOLUTION AND NUCLEOSYNTHESIS. IN THIS FRAMEWORK, THESE PROCESSES AND THE EXPERIMENTAL METHODS USED TO DETERMINE THE NUCLEAR PHYSICAL QUANTITIES OF INTEREST ARE PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED.
Prerequisites
GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS (DIFFERENTIAL AND INTEGRAL CALCULATION, LINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS) AND CLASSICAL PHYSICS. BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF QUANTUM MECHANICS, ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS. BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES IN NUCLEAR PHYSICS.
Contents
1. NUCLEOSYNTHESIS AND STELLAR EVOLUTION.
OBSERVATIONAL DATA. INTRODUCTION TO COSMOLOGY. STAR FORMATION. PHYSICS OF STELLAR EVOLUTION: EQUATION OF STATE AND ENERGY PRODUCTION. STELLAR EVOLUTION. QUIESCENT BURNING. EXPLOSIVE SCENARIOS. STELLAR MODELS.
2. NUCLEAR REACTIONS IN ASTROPHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT.
CHARACTERISTIC QUANTITIES AND PROPERTIES OF NUCLEAR REACTIONS. CHARGED PARTICLE INDUCED NUCLEAR REACTIONS. NEUTRON INDUCED NUCLEAR REACTIONS. NUCLEAR REACTIONS IN ASTROPHYSICAL PLASMAS.
3. NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
BIG BANG NUCLEOSYNTHESIS. STELLAR NUCLEOSYNTHESIS. HYDROGEN AND HELIUM BURNINGS. ADVANCED BURNINGS. R-, S-, AND P- PROCESSES. EXPLOSIVE NUCLEOSYNTHESIS. CHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF GALAXIES. WHITE DWARFS, NEUTRON STARS AND BLACK HOLES.
4. EXPERIMENTAL NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS.
DIRECT MEASUREMENTS IN NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS: ACCELERATORS, TARGETS, DETECTORS. RADIOACTIVE ION BEAMS. INDIRECT METHODS. DATA ANALYSIS. EXTRAPOLATIONS.
Teaching Methods
LECTURES: 40 HOURS
EXERCISES:12 HOURS
Verification of learning
ORAL TEST
Texts
NUCLEAR PHYSICS OF STARS, C. ILIADIS
CAULDRONS IN THE COSMOS, C.E. ROLFS AND RODNEY
PRINCIPLES OF STELLAR EVOLUTION AND NUCLEOSYNTHESIS, D.D. CLAYTON
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