Nuclear Astrophysics
Nuclear Astrophysics. Instructor: Prof. Anil Kumar Gourishetty, Department of Physics, IIT Roorkee. Nuclear astrophysics is the union of nuclear physics and astronomy. The purpose of the course is to introduce the emerging field of nuclear astrophysics; a discipline that can identify new observational signatures probing our universe. This discipline has proved to have the potential to categorize the conditions at the core of stars and provide information of energy production from stars, nucleosynthesis and stellar evolution. New initiatives in this domain include the development of experimental facilities (Ex: FRENA in SINP Kolkata), that open new landscapes into the nuclear processes that take place at low energies during the evolutionary phases of stars and in explosive events in galaxies.
(from nptel.ac.in)
| Lecture 01 - Historical Background, Observational Astronomy, Properties of Sun and of Stars |
| Lecture 02 - Properties of Galaxies and Universe |
| Lecture 03 - Background of Elemental Abundance Curve |
| Lecture 04 - Evidence of Nucleosynthesis I |
| Lecture 05 - Evidence of Nucleosynthesis II |
| Lecture 06 - Evidence of Nucleosynthesis III, and Mass Gaps |
| Lecture 07 - H-R Diagram |
| Lecture 08 - M-L Relation, Hubble's Law and Eco of Big Bang |
| Lecture 09 - Thermonuclear Reactions and Reaction Cross-Section |
| Lecture 10 - Reaction Rate |
| Lecture 11 - Reaction Rate (cont.) and Neutron Induced Reactions |
| Lecture 12 - Gamma Induced Reactions and Inverse Reactions |
| Lecture 13 - Inverse Reactions |
| Lecture 14 - Inverse Reactions (cont.), and Mean Life Time of a Nuclei |
| Lecture 15 - Mean Life Time of a Nuclei (cont.), and Time Dependent Abundance Evolution |
| Lecture 16 - Non-Resonant Charged Particle Induced Reactions |
| Lecture 17 - Astrophysical S-factor and Non-Resonant Charged Particle Induced Reactions |
| Lecture 18 - Gamow Peak and Electron Screening Effect |
| Lecture 19 - Resonant Reactions |
| Lecture 20 - Resonant Reactions (cont.) |
| Lecture 21 - Neutron Induced Non-Resonant Reactions |
| Lecture 22 - Burning Stages of Stars and Hydrogen Burning |
| Lecture 23 - Proton-Proton Chain |
| Lecture 24 - P-P Chain (cont.), and CN Cycle |
| Lecture 25 - CNO Cycle, Shell Model and Gamma Decay |
| Lecture 26 - Formation of 12C |
| Lecture 27 - Survival of 12C |
| Lecture 28 - Carbon, Neon, Oxygen and Silicon Burning |
| Lecture 29 - Nucleosynthesis beyond Iron |
| Lecture 30 - S-, R-, and P-Process |
| Lecture 31 - Charged Particle and Neutron Beams |
| Lecture 32 - Accelerators and Targets |
| Lecture 33 - Backing Materials and Target Preparation |
| Lecture 34 - Contaminants and Radiation Sources |
| Lecture 35 - Detectors I |
| Lecture 36 - Detectors II |
| Lecture 37 - Activity Method |
| Lecture 38 - Kinematics I |
| Lecture 39 - Kinematics II |
| Lecture 40 - Time of Flight Method and Indirect Methods |
| References |
Nuclear Astrophysics
Instructor: Prof. Anil Kumar Gourishetty, Department of Physics, IIT Roorkee. The purpose of the course is to introduce the emerging field of nuclear astrophysics; a discipline that can identify new observational signatures probing our universe.
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