Current lectures by N. Langer

NUCLEOSYNTHESIS




Lecture term: April 7 - July 14, 2011

Times: Thu 11-13
Location: AIfA Bonn , Room 0.05
Find the lecture notes here .
The exam question of the 2000/2001 Nucleosynthesis course are here , those of 2003/2004 here .





The setup of the lectures is as follows: in the lectures, it is assumed that you worked through the corresponding chapter of the day (see table below). During the lecture, we will discuss the questions you have about the lecture topic and summarize the relevant parts of the corresponding chapter. Please email your questions before Wednesdays 13:00 to Stefan Kuehnrich (skuehnri@astro.uni-bonn.de) so that they can be considered for the Thursday and Friday lectures. In your email, please use "NucSyn" as subject, and mention at the beginning of your question the corresponding subsection of the lecture notes. Note that 50% of the grade for this lecture will be based on your questions. The other half will be based on your presentation.

Time Table

Lectures
(Thu, 11:15-12:45) 		Lecture: Ch. email questions by
April 7 Ch.1: Introduction -
April 14 Ch.2: Therm. reactions -
April 21 Ch.3 (I): Big Bang Nucleosyn. Wed, April 20, 13:00
April 28 Ch.4 (I): Hydrogen burning Wed, April 27, 13:00
May 5 Ch.4 (II): Advanced burning processes Wed, May 4, 13:00
May 12 Ch.5.1 (I): s-process Wed, May 11, 13:00
May 19 Ch.5.1 (II): s-process components Wed, May 18, 13:00
tbd (9:15-11:00) Student Presentations
May 26 Ch.5.2: r,p-process Wed, May 25, 13:00
tbd (9:15-11:00) Student Presentations
June 9 Ch.5.2: r,p-process Wed, June 8, 13:00
June 23 no lecture
June 30 Ch.6: Thermonuclear supernovae Wed, June 29, 13:00
July 7 Ch.7 Cosmic ray nucleosynthesis Wed, July 6, 13:00
July 14 Ch.8: Chemical evolution Wed, July 13, 13:00
The exam question of the 2000/2001 Nucleosynthesis course are here , those of 2003/2004 here .


Presentations:
Each student is expected to give a presentation of 15 minutes, to discuss a recent research paper on a topic in nucleosynthesis. A list of suggested papers is available here The gziped papers have already been taken, so please chose another one.

Last updated April 8, 2011