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Nuclear Astrophysics

Class at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics |
NJSF102

Syllabus

1. Basic ideas on Universe development.

Thermodynamics of the early Universe - radiation and matter epoch. Relic radiation.

Primordial nucleosynthesis. Synthesis of heavy elements. 2.

Nuclear processes in stars. Thermodynamics of self-gravitating objects.

Formation and evolution of astrophysical objects. Nucleosynthesis in the Sun.

Supernova explosions and neutron star. 3. Solar and supernova neutrinos.

Atmospheric neutrinos. Experimental facts on neutrino oscillations.

Annotation

Nuclear processes in the Universe and stars, relic radiation, primordial nucleosynthesis and neutrinos as a fingerprint of these processes.