Astronomy 404
Lecture 14, Sept. 24
Fall 2021
Lecture Notes:
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Nuclei and Nuclear Forces
structure of matter:
periodic table
nuclear periodic table:
chart of the nuclides
nuclear forces
nuclear binding and nuclear energy
Nuclear Reactions in the Sun
Coulomb barrier
nuclear fuel: solar ingredients (
Apollo
solar wind experiment)
thermonuclear reactions
hydrogen burning in the Sun: the
pp
chain
deuterium
positrons
neutrinos
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Brian D. Fields