Stellar Interiors (part II)

30 Março 2020, 13:00 Israel Matute

Energy generation in the interior os stars (I).

  • Minimum Pressure & Temperature @ centers

  • Virial Theorem

  • Sources of Energy & their timescales: Chemical vs Gravitational vs Nuclear

  • How do nuclear reactions occur?

    • Coulomb barrier

    • Tunneling effect

    • Nuclear reaction rate & Gamov Peak