Science Café presents Dr. Carl Brune on “Cosmic Cooking: the Origin of Elements” on Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 5 p.m. in the Baker Center Front Room.
Dr. Carl Brune
Atoms are the building blocks that make up the world around us. These small units of matter are composed of nuclei and electrons, with the nuclei being built from neutrons and protons. But where do the nuclei come from exactly? Nuclear physicist Brune, Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Director of Ohio University’s Edwards Accelerator Laboratory, studies the atomic nuclei and their origins. In this upcoming Science Café, he explains the whys and hows of a nuclear reactions.
“In the lab, I combine different nuclei together and measure the results. These reactions relate to what happens inside stars,” he says. One explanation he will cover is how heavier elements common on Earth actually originated through the supernovae explosions of stars.
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