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Title:

Energy Production in Stars

Url:

http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/energy/energy.html

Publisher:

University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Description: Energy Production in Stars is part of the Astronomy 162: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology course offered by the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Tennessee. This section covers the mass-energy relation of special relativity; the curve of binding energy, and its implications for fusion and fission reactions, and stellar energy production; nuclear reactions, and their relation to the Coulomb barrier, and quantum mechanical tunneling; temperature and pressure in stars, including the kinetic theory of gases, ideal gas law, and the Gamow window for charged particle reactions; the proton-proton chain; the carbon-nitrogen-oxygen (CNO) cycle; the triple-alpha process, mass-5 and mass-8 bottlenecks; advanced burning stages; stellar energy transport; and the solar neutrino problem.

LC Classification:

Science -- Astronomy -- Astrophysics (General) -- Nuclear astrophysics
Science -- Astronomy -- Astrophysics (General) -- Nuclear astrophysics -- Neutrino astrophysics
Science -- Astronomy -- Descriptive astronomy -- Solar system -- Sun -- Other special topics, A-Z -- Nuclear reactions
Science -- Physics -- Atomic physics. Constitution and properties of matter -- Quantum theory. Quantum mechanics -- Special topics, A-Z -- Coulomb potential
Science -- Physics -- Atomic physics. Constitution and properties of matter -- Statistical physics -- Kinetic theory of gases
Science -- Physics -- Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity -- Nuclear fusion -- Controlled fusion -- Special devices, A-Z -- Stellarators

GEM Subject:

Science
Science -- Physics
Science -- Astronomy
Science -- Space sciences
Science -- Physical sciences

Resource Type:

Reference Material
Audio/Visual -- Graph
Instructional Material
Audio/Visual -- Image/Image Set

Format:

Document -- HTML

Audience:

Educator
Learner

Education Level:

High School
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)

Language:

English

Access Rights:

Free access

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