AS2001: Astronomy & Astrophysics 2
Nucleosynthesis and the Chemical Evolution of the Universe

Room 301
11 - 12 am, Tue+Thu (Weeks 8 - 12) + Wed (Weeks 8, 11)

0. Preliminaries
1. Introduction and Overview
2. Background Cosmology
3. Big Bang to t = 1s
4. Primordial Nucleosynthesis
5. Recombination
6. Structure Formation
7. Basics of Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis
8. Galactic Chemical Evolution
9. The Initial Mass Function
10. Global Evolution of Galaxy Mass Fractions
11. Star Formation Rates
10. (contd) Evolution of Metallicity
12. Abundances
13. Recap

Tutorials

2 - 3 pm, Tue

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