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LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
Astronomy 202
Date of last modification:
16/12/2010
Class 31/08: Slides
Topics covered:
- The spectral classification of stars
- The doppler shift of spectral lines & the recession velocity of galaxies
- History and early evolution of the Universe
- Nucleosynthesis in the Big Bang
- Firts generation of stars (called Population III. stars)
- Nucleosynthesis of elements in stars and supernovae
- pp cycles
- CNO cycle
- The 3α process
- Energy - mass equivalence
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