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Nuclear Processes in the Space

Class at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics |
NJSF112

Syllabus

1. Basic ideas on Universe development.

2. Composition of the Universe, dark matter, dark energy.

3. Thermodynamics of the early Universe - radiation and matter epoch. Relic radiation. Primordial nucleosynthesis. Synthesis of heavy elements.

4. Problems of the Friedmann Universe. Inflation.

5. Nuclear processes in stars. Thermodynamics of self-gravitating objects. Supernova explosions. Neutron star formation and evolution. Supernova neutrinos.

Annotation

Nuclear processes in the Universe and stars. Composition of the Universe, relic radiation, dark matter, dark energy.

Friedmann evolution of the Universe. Observational Cosmology.

The thermal history of the Universe, primordial nucleosynthesis and neutrinos, wimps, baryogenesis. Particle physics in stars and galaxies.