Harold C. Urey
Astronomy 596/496 NPA
Lecture 2, Jan. 16 Spring 2019 Henry Norris Russell

Lecture Notes: pdf file

Overview of Cosmic Mattter Today

Observables for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics

Meet the Nuclei

Overview of Solar Abundances

Quantifying Abundances

  • mass fraction
  • mole fraction
  • ratio to hydrogen

Nuclear Physics: Masses of Nuclei


chart of the nuclides

Lecture Archive


Brian D. Fields
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