Current lectures by N. Langer

NUCLEOSYNTHESIS




Lecture term: April 6 - July 13, 2023

Times: Thu 11:15-12:45 and Fri 9:15-11:00 (see table below)
Location: AIfA Bonn , Lecture Hall / HS008



Exercise class: April 17 - July 14, 2023

Mondays 10:00-12:00 or Wednesdays 10:00-12:00; Seminar Room 0.005
The exercise class is a compulsory part of the course.


Student presentations: June 16, June 23, 2023

9:00 - 11:00, AIfA HS008
This is a compulsory part of the course.


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Presentations:
Each student is expected to give a presentation of 15 minutes (10+5), to discuss a recent research paper on a topic in nucleosynthesis. A list of suggested papers will be available here.

NOTE: if the paper file is compressed (ends with .gz), it has already been chosen by somebody.



The setup of this class is as follows: in the lectures, it is assumed that you worked through the corresponding chapter of the day (see time table below) beforehand. During the lecture, we will discuss the most relevant topics of the lectures, and the most relevant questions you have about this. You need to email your questions before Wednesday 13:00 to Harim Jin and Andrea Ercolino (hjin@astro.uni-bonn.de> and aercolino@astro.uni-bonn.de) so that they can be considered for the lectures. In your email, please use "NucSyn" as subject, and mention at the beginning of your question the corresponding subsection of the lecture notes. The required number of questions is indicated in the table below. Note that 40% of the grade for this course will be based on your questions. The other 60% will be based on your presentation. Your presence in the lectures, and in the exercise class, is also a requirement to earn the credit points for this class.

Lecture Time Table

Date weekday and time Location Chapter email questions
April 6 Thu, 11:15-12:45 AIfA Lecture Hall Ch.1: Intro
April 13 Thu, 11:15-12:45 AIfA Lecture Hall Ch.2: Therm. reactions 2 Qs by Wed, April 12, 13:00
April 21 Fri, 9:15-10:00 AIfA HS008 Ch.3: Big Bang Nucleosunthesis 2 Qs by Wed, April 19, 13:00
April 27 Thu, 11:15-12:45 AIfA Lecture Hall Ch.4: Hydrogen burning 2 Qs by Wed, April 26, 13:00
May 4 Thu, 11:15-12:45 AIfA Lecture Hall Ch.4: CNO, NeNa, MgAl cycles 2 Qs by Wed, May 3, 13:00
May 11 Thu, 11:15-12:45 AIfA Lecture Hall Ch.4: Advanced burning processes 2 Qs by Wed, May 10, 13:00
May 25 Thu, 11:15-12:45 AIfA Lecture Hall Ch.5.1: s-process 4 Qs by Wed, May 24, 13:00
June 9 Fri, 9:15-10:00 AIfA HS 008 Ch.5.1 s-process (cont.)
June 15 Thu, 11:15-12:45 AIfA Lecture Hall Ch.5.2: r-process 2 Qs by Wed, June 14, 13:00
June 22 Thu, 11:15-12:45 AIfA Lecture Hall Ch.5.2: Core collapse supernovae and p-process 2Qs by Wed, June 21, 13:00

June 23

Fri, 8:00-11:00

AIfA HS 008

Student presentations

July 6 Thu, 11:15-12:45 AIfA Lecture Hall Ch.6: Thermonuclear supernovae 2 Qs by Wed, July 5, 13:00
July 13 Thu, 11:15-12:45 AIfA Lecture Hall Ch.7: Cosmic ray nucleosynthesis 2 Qs by Wed, July 12, 13:00


Last updated: March 30, 2023