Featured Speakers

• L. Buchmann  TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada
• C.W. Johnson  San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
• D.L. Lambert  University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
• K. Langanke  Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
• G.C. McLaughlin  North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
• B.S. Meyer  Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
• C. Rolfs  Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
• H. Schatz  Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
• A. Shotter  TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• K.A. Snover  University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
• E.W. Vogt  TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Program

The following topics will be covered during lectures in the mornings and tutorial sessions in the afternoons.

Topic 1:   Astrophysical Processes - Phenomena and Observations

Students will be introduced to stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis, big bang nucleosynthesis, novae, supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, stellar and galactic abundancies, observational efforts and techniques, need for nuclear physics input, etc.

Topic 2:   Laboratory Nuclear Astrophysics - Experimental Studies of Nuclear Structure and Reactions

The lectures will cover nuclear reaction mechanisms and rates, nuclear structure at and away from stability, nuclear masses, heavy elements, experimental techniques and technologies employed and developed, overview of and comparison of facilities for experimental studies (e.g. radioactive beam facilities, underground laboratories), challenges faced by experimentalists, outlook, etc.

Topic 3:   Theoretical Nuclear Astrophysics - Modern Descriptions of Nuclear Structure and Reactions

This portion of the lectures will be devoted to theoretical aspects of nuclear reaction mechanisms and rates, nuclear structure at and away from stability, shell structure, magic numbers, single-particle and collective phenomena, weak binding, pairing, halos and skins, cluster aspects, effective interactions, etc. It will include a brief overview of theoretical approaches and models, particular challenges faced by theorists, outlook, etc.

[Click on a speaker's name to go to their lecture outline.]

Lecture Outlines

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Lothar Buchmann  TRIUMF

Selected problems in low energy nuclear scattering

Lecture 1:

Introduction, the beta-delayed particle decays of ¹⁶N and ⁹C.

Lecture 2:

Reaction cross sections: ¹²C(alpha, gamma)¹⁶O, ²¹Na + p.

PDF  (5,877 KB)  183 pages

Calvin W. Johnson  Department of Physics, San Diego State University

The nuclear shell model, with applications to astrophysics

Lecture 1:

One at a time: the noninteracting shell model.

Lecture 2:

Mixing it up: the interacting shell model.

Lecture 3:

Talking to leptons: how to calculate weak and electromagnetic transitions.

Lecture 4:

Cooking in the cosmic kitchen: applications in astrophysics.

David L. Lambert  University of Texas at Austin

Nuclear astrophysics - observations

Lecture 1:

Astrophysics of nuclear astrophysics:

• Nuclear energy sources and stellar structure.
• Nucleosynthesis.

The compositions of astronomical objects:

• Solar system: meteorites, solar atmosphere.
• Stars.
• Interstellar gas.

Introduction to the physics of stellar atmospheres.

Introduction to line formation and abundance analysis.

Lecture 2:

Introduction to the physics of stellar interiors.

An observer's view of stellar evolution.

Lecture 3:

Origins of the heavy elements:

• Red giants and the s-process.
• Observational insights to the r-process.

Lecture 4:

Origins of the light elements: Li, Be, and B.

Lecture 5:

Chemical evolution of stellar systems:

• The galaxy.

Unfinished business:

• Stellar atmospheres.
• Stellar structure.
• Stellar systems.

Karlheinz Langanke  Aarhus University, Denmark

Supernovae and Nuclear Physics

Lecture Material:
Lecture 1:  PDF (5,315 KB)  34 pages
Lecture 2:  PDF (3,731 KB)  25 pages
Lecture 3:  PDF (3,462 KB)  23 pages

Gail C. McLaughlin  North Carolina State University

Neutrino oscillations: theory and application to astrophysics

Lecture 1:

Basics of matter enhanced and vacuum neutrino oscillations.

Lecture 2:

Putting it all together: the neutrino mixing matrix.

Lecture 3:

Supernova neutrinos: What can we learn if we detect them and how do neutrino oscillations fit in the picture?

Bradley S. Meyer  Clemson University, South Carolina

Explosive nucleosynthesis

Lecture 1:

Introduction: explosive nucleosynthesis and constrained equilibria.

Lecture 2:

The usual suspects.

Lecture 3:

New surprises in an old field.

Lecture 1:  PDF (243 KB)     PowerPoint (251 KB)     20 pages
Lecture 2:  PDF (584 KB)     PowerPoint (577 KB)     23 pages
Lecture 3:  PDF (1,310 KB)  PowerPoint (1,073 KB)   34 pages

Claus Rolfs  Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Experimental nuclear astrophysics, an introduction

Hendrik Schatz  Michigan State University

Experimental nuclear astrophysics with radioactive beams

Lecture 1:

X-ray bursts and pulsars - nuclear physics at the extremes - I.

Lecture 2:

X-ray bursts and pulsars - nuclear physics at the extremes - II.

Lecture 3:

Nuclear astrophysics with fast fragmentation beams.

Alan Shotter  TRIUMF

Nuclear astrophysics - a general view and the TRIUMF connection

Kurt A. Snover  University of Washington, Seattle

The ⁷Be(p, gamma)⁸B reaction and solar neutrinos

Lecture Material:   PDF  (1,970 KB)   49 pages

Erich W. Vogt  TRIUMF

Nuclear halo states

Registration

The registration form
[ PDF (18 KB) , gzipped PostScript (27 KB) , PostScript (51 KB) ]
should be downloaded, completed and faxed to Elly Driessen at TRIUMF. Please note that the number of participants will be limited to 40. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide financial support to cover travel or subsistence expenses.

Accommodation

The above rate will only be available if the accommodation request is received before June 1, 2002. (Note that June is high tourist season in Vancouver. At that time it is very difficult to find accommodations in this price range anywhere in the city.)

The accommodation form [ PDF (174 KB) ] should be downloaded, completed and faxed or mailed to the Reservations Office, Conferences and Accommodations at UBC, NOT to TRIUMF.

Travel Arrangements

Vancouver can be reached by air (Vancouver International Airport - YVR), rail, bus, car, or boat. There is bus and taxi service for transportation between the airport, downtown, and the UBC campus. See this link for details.

Some current exchange rates are (as of March 2002):
CDN$1 = US$0.63   ;   CDN$1 = Euro 0.72   ;   CDN$1 = £0.44

Organizing Committee

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