47th Saas-Fee advanced course: Supernovae, cosmic explosions

Lectures


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Course 1: Thermonuclear supernovae [videos]
Lecturer: Prof. Friedrich K. Röpke (Heidelberg)

  • progenitors, explosion mechanism
  • nucleosynthesis
  • standard candles and cosmological implications

Course 2: Core-collapse supernovae [videos]
Lecturer: Dr Christopher L. Fryer (Los Alamos)

  • progenitors, explosion mechanism (mainstream and other scenarios)
  • nucleosynthesis
  • peculiar cases (electron capture, pair instability, GRB)

The third course was not given
Course 3: Observations of supernovae (all types)
Lecturer: Prof. Alicia M. Soderberg (Harvard)

  • the various types of SNe: classification, light curves, spectra, peculiar types, etc.
  • search for progenitor
  • environment characterisation


The lectures are given according to the following schedule:
 

MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
08:30-09:20lecture 1 (1)lecture 3 (2)lecture 2 (4)lecture 1 (6)lecture 3 (7)lecture 2 (9)
09:30-10:20lecture 2 (1)lecture 1 (3)lecture 3 (4)lecture 2 (6)lecture 1 (8)lecture 3 (9)
10:30-10:50coffee breakcoffee breakcoffee breakcoffee breakcoffee breakcoffee break
10:50-11:40lecture 3 (1)lecture 2 (3)lecture 1 (5)lecture 3 (6)lecture 2 (8)round table
11:45-17:00free timefree timefree timefree timefree time
17:00-17:50lecture 1 (2)lecture 3 (3)lecture 2 (5)lecture 1 (7)lecture 3 (8)
18:00-18:50lecture 2 (2)lecture 1 (4)lecture 3 (5)lecture 2 (7)lecture 1 (9)

 
 
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