The University of Sheffield
Department of Physics and Astronomy

Credit: Kepler's Supernova remnant from Chandra, Hubble, and Spitzer, R. Sankrit and W. Blair (JHU) et al., ESA, NASA

PHY320 - Nuclear Astrophysics

Dr Lee Thompson (currently being taught by Dr Susan Cartwright)

Contact details

Phone: 0114 22 24577 (Susan 24572)
Room: E41 (Susan D22)

email: l.thompson@sheffield.ac.uk (s.cartwright@sheffield.ac.uk)

Aims/Description

Module description

Timetable

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Examination papers

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Course material

Topics

Topic 1 - Observational Evidence for Elemental Abundances

Topic 2 - Evidence of Abundances from Spectral Lines

Topic 3 - Primordial Nucleosynthesis

Topic 4 - Element Production in Thermonuclear Reactions

Topic 5 - Neutron Capture and the Production of Heavy Elements

Topic 6 - Sites of Nucleosynthesis

Topic 7 - Cosmic Rays

Topic 8 - Galactic Chemical Evolution

Course information

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Glossary of terms used in the course