Nuclear Astrophysics - NJSF102
Title: Jaderná astrofyzika
Guaranteed by: Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics (32-UCJF)
Faculty: Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual: from 2018
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 3
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech, English
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Additional information: http://www-ucjf.troja.mff.cuni.cz/~nosek/Nosek_JA.html
Guarantor: doc. RNDr. Dalibor Nosek, Dr.
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Annotation -
Last update: doc. RNDr. Dalibor Nosek, Dr. (16.04.2013)
Nuclear processes in the Universe and stars, relic radiation, primordial nucleosynthesis and neutrinos as a fingerprint of these processes.
Course completion requirements - Czech
Last update: doc. RNDr. Dalibor Nosek, Dr. (10.06.2019)

Ústní zkouška
Literature -
Last update: doc. RNDr. Dalibor Nosek, Dr. (16.04.2013)

C.Grupen: Astroparticle Physics, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005, Kapitoly 8-13.

D.H.Perkins, Particle Astrophysics, Oxford University Press, 2003, Kapitoly 2,4,7.

G.Börner, The Early Universe, Springer-Verlag, 1988

Requirements to the exam - Czech
Last update: doc. RNDr. Dalibor Nosek, Dr. (12.10.2017)

Ústní zkouška a diskuze nad domácími úkoly.
Syllabus -
Last update: doc. RNDr. Dalibor Nosek, Dr. (22.04.2013)

1. Basic ideas on Universe development. Thermodynamics of the early Universe - radiation and matter epoch. Relic radiation. Primordial nucleosynthesis. Synthesis of heavy elements.

2. Nuclear processes in stars. Thermodynamics of self-gravitating objects. Formation and evolution of astrophysical objects. Nucleosynthesis in the Sun. Supernova explosions and neutron star.

3. Solar and supernova neutrinos. Atmospheric neutrinos. Experimental facts on neutrino oscillations.