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Course 2024-2025

Nuclear Astrophysics [SPHYM119]

  • 3 credits
  • 15h+15h
  • 1st quarter
Language of instruction: French / Français

Learning outcomes

The aim of this course is twofold. On the one hand, this course is intended to provide students with a description of stars, galaxies and the Universe. On the other hand, it lays down the essential physical foundations of the internal structure and evolution of stars, emphasising the interactions with other fields of physics.

Content

Internal structure of stars. Evolution of stars. Primordial nucleosynthesis. Stellar nucleosynthesis.


Teaching methods

Lectures

Evaluations

Oral examination in session

Recommended readings

Stars and Stellar Evolution (K.S. De Boer, W. Seggewiss - EDP Sciences) Stellar Structure and Evolution (D. Prialnik - Cambridge University Press) Stellar Astrophysics ( W.K. Rose - Cambridge University Press) Nuclear Reactions for Astrophysics (I.J. Thompson & F.M. Nunes - Cambridge University Press)

Language of instruction

French / Français

Location for course

NAMUR

Organizer

Faculté des sciences
Rue de Bruxelles, 61
5000 NAMUR

Degree of Reference

Master's Degree