Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics IV

Theoretical Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Astrophysics

Our research unit is part of an Interuniversity Attraction Poles (IAP) program, ​BriX (The Belgian Research Initiative on eXotic nuclei for atomic, nuclear and astrophysics studies), in which we collaborate with other nuclear-physics groups, both theoretical and experimental, in Belgium and abroad. Through this collaboration, there is a possibility for very motivated ULB students to realize ...

Neutrinos in physics and astrophysics

An elementary general overview of the neutrino physics and astrophysics is given. We start by a historical account of the development of our understanding of neutrinos and how they helped to unravel the structure of the Standard Model. We discuss why it is so important to establish if neutrinos are massive and we introduce the main scenarios to provide them a mass. The present bounds and the po...

Neutrinos in Physics and Astrophysics

The observed flavor oscillations of solar and atmospheric neutrinos determine several elements of the leptonic mixing matrix, but leave open the small mixing angle Θ13, a possible CP-violating phase, the mass ordering, the absolute mass scale mν , and the Dirac vs. Majorana property. Progress will be made by long-baseline, tritium endpoint, and 2β decay experiments. The best constraint on mν ob...

Nuclear Problems in Astrophysics

These lectures, presented at the International School of Physics " Enrico Fermi, " deal with two major themes. The first is the remarkable story of the solar neu-trino problem, which (along with the atmospheric neutrino anomaly) recently led to the discovery of massive neutrinos and neutrino oscillations, physics beyond the standard model. I will describe the physics of the standard solar model...

The Auxiliary Field Diffusion Monte Carlo Method for Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Astrophysics