Course Contents
The course covers fundamental experimental and theoretical aspects of Nuclear Astrophysics. Main topics comprise:
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[*]Introduction
[*]Primordial Nucleosynthesis
[*]Thermonuclear Reactions in Stars
[*]Stellar structure
[*]Hydrogen Burning
[*]The Sun
[*]Advanced Burning
[*]Core-collapse supernova and neutron stars
[*]Nucleosynthesis of Heavy Elements
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Literature
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[*]Thomas Rauscher: Essentials for Nucleosynthesis and Theoretical Nuclear Astrophysics, Institute of Physics Publishing, 2020 (Accesible online from the TU Darmstadt network)
[*]Christian Iliadis: Nuclear Physics of Stars, Wiley-VCH Verlag, Weinheim, 2007
[*]Bradley W. Carroll and Dale A. Ostlie: An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics, Pearson/Addison-Wesley, San Francisco, 2nd ed. 2007
[*]Claus E. Rolfs and William S. Rodney: Cauldrons in the Cosmos: Nuclear Astrophysics, Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago, reprint 2005
[*]Bernard E. J. Pagel: Nucleosynthesis and Chemical Evolution of Galaxies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, reprint 2009
[*]Donald D. Clayton: Principles of Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis, Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago, reprint 1983
[*]Rudolf Kippenhahn, Alfred Weigert, Achim Weiss: Stellar Structure and Evolution, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2012 (Accesible online from the TU Darmstadt network)
[*]André Maeder: Physics, Formation and Evolution of Rotating Stars, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2009 (Accesible online from the TU Darmstadt network)
[*]Giora Shaviv: The Synthesis of the Elements: The Astrophysical Quest for Nucleosynthesis and What It Can Tell Us About the Universe, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2012 (Accesible online from the TU Darmstadt network)
[*]Edward Kolb and Michael Turner, The Early Universe, Westview Press, 1994
[*]Steven Weinberg, Cosmology, Oxford University Press, 2008
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Online Offerings
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- Lehrende: Gabriel Martinez
- Lehrende: Zewei Xiong