The Nuclear Physics of Solar and Supernova Neutrino Detection

Abstract

This talk provides a basic introduction for students interested in the responses of detectors to solar, supernova, and other low-energy neutrino sources. Some of the nuclear physics is then applied in a discussion of nucleosynthesis within a Type II supernova, including the r-process and the neutrino process.

Comments: School lecture, "New Era in Neutrino Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University; 30 pages; 6 figures; latex