302743 (v.2) Astrophysics 402



 

Area:Department of Applied Physics
Contact Hours:4.0
Credits:25.0
Lecture:2 x 2 Hours Weekly
Other Requisite(s):Admission: to the Physics honours program
Selected topics from - particle physics and the early universe, the early universe as a cosmic accelerator, relic neutrinos. The origin of the light elements. The solar neutrino problem. Supernova explosions. Nucleosynthesis in novae. Galactic chemical evolution. Isotopic anomalies in meteorites. Nucleocosmochronology and the age of the universe. Nuclear reaction data and its applications to stellar evolution. Cosmic radioactivity.

 

 

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