About the course
The course was originally 8-22 November 2017 at Stellenbosch University and will be repeated in the fall of 2019.
Lecturers:
S. Siem (Oslo)
C. Tellefsen (Oslo)
A. Goergen (Oslo)
B.V. Kheswa (UJ)
A. Spyrou (MSU)
S. Goriely (ULB)
Topics covered:
• How elements heavier than iron could be formed in astrophysical environments, especially the s-process, the r-process and the p-process.
• Importance of nuclear structure physics and nuclear reactions underlying nuclear astrophysical processes.
• Nuclear reactions models, such as the Hauser-Feshbach formalism, relevant to nuclear astrophysics.
• Calculations of nuclear cross-sections e.g. neutron capture cross-sections.
• Hands-on training in running the state-of-of-the-art reaction code TALYS using both experimental and theoretical level densities and gamma strength functions as inputs.
• Experimental nuclear physics methods and techniques used for measuring nuclear properties for nuclear astrophysical processes.
