Presupernova evolution, explosion and nucleosynthesis of massive stars (part 4)

by Prof. Marco Limongi (Rome Astronomical Observatory)

Friday 3 Jul 2015, 10:30 → 12:00 Europe/Berlin

Auditorium Telescopium (ESO Headquarters, Garching)

The series of lectures will focus mainly on the evolution, explosion and nucleosynthesis of massive stars. The course will cover a variety of aspects related to the topic, starting from the basic concepts of stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis to presupernova evolution, supernova explosions and PopIII core-collapse supernovae. The course is mostly intended for PhD students and post-doctoral researchers, or for whomever would like to brush-up his/her knowledge on these topics. The tentative breakdown of the lectures is as follows: Lecture 1 - Tuesday, 30 June: Introduction Stellar Structure Basics Thermonuclear reactions Hydrostatic Nuclear Burning Stages Lecture 2 - Wednesday, 1 July: Presupernova Evolution of Massive Stars Role of Mass Loss Role of metallicity Role of rotation Lecture 3 - Thursday, 2 July: Explosive Nucleosynthesis Hydrostatic and Explosive Yields Lecture 4 - Friday, 3 July: Presupernova evolution and explosion of zero metallicity massive stars Comparison with observations