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Nuclear Astrophysics

Prof. Anil Kumar Gourishetty · IIT Roorkee

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Lectures

week-01

  1. Lec 01: Historical Background, Observational Astronomy, Properties of Sun and of Stars Video
  2. Lec 02: Properties of Galaxies and Universe Video
  3. Lec 03: Background of elemental abundance curve Video
  4. Lec 04: Evidence of nucleosynthesis – I Video
  5. Lec 05: Evidence of nucleosynthesis – II Video

week-02

  1. Lec 06: Evidences of Nucleosynthesis – III and Mass gaps Video
  2. Lec 07: H-R Diagram Video
  3. Lec 08: M-L relation, Hubble’s Law and Echo of Big Bang Video
  4. Lec 09: Thermonuclear reactions and Reaction cross-section Video
  5. Lec 10: Reaction rate Video

week-03

  1. Lec 11: Reaction rate… and Neutron induced reactions Video
  2. Lec 12: Gamma induced reactions and Inverse reactions Video
  3. Lec 13: Inverse reactions Video
  4. Lec 14: Inverse reactions… and Mean life time of a nuclei Video
  5. Lec 15: Mean life time of a nuclei… and Time dependent abundance evolution Video

week-04

  1. Lec 16: Non-resonant charged particle induced reactions Video
  2. Lec 17: Astrophysical S-factor and Non-resonant charged particle induced reactions… Video
  3. Lec 18: Gamow peak and Electron screening effect Video
  4. Lec 19: Resonant reactions Video
  5. Lec 20: Resonant reactions… Video

week-05

  1. Lec 21: Neutron induced non-resonant reactions Video
  2. Lec 22: Burning stages of stars and Hydrogen burning Video
  3. Lec 23: pp chain Video
  4. Lec 24: pp chain… and CN cycle Video
  5. Lec 25: CNO cycle, Shell model and Gamma decay Video

week-06

  1. Lec 26: Formation of 12C Video
  2. Lec 27: Survival of 12C Video
  3. Lec 28: Carbon, Neon, Oxygen and Silicon burning Video
  4. Lec 29: Nucleosynthesis beyond Iron Video
  5. Lec 30: s-, r- and p-process Video

week-07

  1. Lec 31: Charged particle and Neutron beams Video
  2. Lec 32: Accelerators and Targets Video
  3. Lec 33: Backing materials and Target preparation Video
  4. Lec 34: Contaminants and Radiation sources Video
  5. Lec 35: Detectors – I Video

week-08

  1. Lec 36: Detectors – II Video
  2. Lec 37: Activity method Video
  3. Lec 38: Kinematics – I Video
  4. Lec 39: Kinematics – II Video
  5. Lec 40: Time of flight method and Indirect methods Video

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Roorkee
Department
Physics
Teacher
Prof. Anil Kumar Gourishetty
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Physics
Source
NPTEL
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