The department of astronomy and space, in collaboration with the continuing education unit at the college of science, held a scientific lecture entitled “Astral Nuclear Physics” in the presence of a number of students, professors and those concerned with the physical and nuclear affairs.
The lectures were presented by Assist. Prof. Dr. Ahmed Abdul Razzaq Salman and Dr. Lana Taleb Ali with the aim to introduce the importance of nuclear physics and its applications in astronomical sciences, which is a tool to know the history and future of the universe, as well as its interpretation of the presence of some chemical elements in the universe characterized with atomic weights of hydrogen and the heaviest natural elements in the universe, as well as the intervention of nuclear physics in determining the colors of the stars, their effectiveness and the amount of radiation and energy radiating from, their age, size and other specifications. The lecturers highlighted the very important overlap between nuclear physics and astrophysics related to the genesis of the universe, the beginning of the synthesis of chemical elements and the evolution of atomic weights over time, due to nuclear-related interactions in the universe, the identification of interactions responsible for the synthesis of chemical elements from helium to iron; and interactions responsible for generating elements heavier than iron.
