Conveners
M2-5 Nuclear Astrophysics (DNP) | Astrophysique nucléaire (DPN)
- Barry Davids (TRIUMF)
Classical nova explosions take place in binary star systems, in which a white dwarf is accreting matter from its companion star. Once enough material has been accreted, a thermonuclear runaway occurs on the white dwarf's surface, and the subsequent explosion ejects material into the interstellar medium. The thermonuclear 30P(p,γ)31S reaction rate influences the elemental and isotopic...
Galactic chemical evolution is a multidisciplinary topic that involves nuclear physics, stellar evolution, galaxy evolution, and cosmology. Observations, experiments, and theories need to work together in order to build a comprehensive understanding of how the chemical elements synthesized in astronomical events are ejected and spread inside galaxies and recycled into new generations of...
