Jim Truran
Fall 2009 Astronomy 596/496 NPA Nov 20

Lecture 37

Lecture Notes: pdf file
Chris Sneden

The r-Process

  • presence in solar matter
    separating r and s
  • basic physics
    encoding in solar abundances
  • characteristic scales
  • astrophysical sites
  • r-rich halo stars and universality(?)

Neutron Capture Nucleosynthesis and Presolar Grains
presolar grain

Lecture Archive

Brian D. Fields
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