Conveners
1 Stars: observations, evolution & nucleosynthesis
- Michael Wiescher (U Notre Dame)
Roland Diehl
(MPE Garching)
26/06/2006, 09:30
Element production, stellar evolution and stellar explosions
Invited
Gamma-ray spectrometers with high spectral resolution are operating in space since
2002: RHESSI and SPI on INTEGRAL. Understanding the instrumental response and
backgrounds is major effort but a prerequisite of detailed science interpretations.
While 44Ti from core collapse supernovae could not be detected, this still adds
constraints to Cas A 44Ti ejection. Diffuse nucleosynthesis is...
Alexander Heger
(Los Alamos/UC St Cruz)
26/06/2006, 10:00
Element production, stellar evolution and stellar explosions
Invited
I will give a review on the evolution of massive stars and their paths
to supernovae. Depending on their initial parameters, e.g., initial
mass, metalicity, mass loss, and rotation, different kinds of
supernovae are the result: normal core collapse supernovae,
collapsar-powered supernovae like gamma-ray bursts, or even
pair-instability supernovae. Similarly varied are the...
Hendrik Schatz
(National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, MSU)
26/06/2006, 10:30
Experiments in nuclear astrophysics
Invited
Accreting neutron stars in X-ray binaries provide a
unique laboratory for thermonuclear burning at extreme
temperature and density conditions. A range of newly
discovered, and largely puzzling, observables needs
to be understood and interpreted. A key in this
endeavor is the understanding of the underlying nuclear
physics of unstable nuclei that span the entire range
from the proton...
