Recent content by OscarTheDog

So really that simple, how many nucleons of Nickel are burning up in MeV or J per second in order to give the luminosity? I didn't think it could be that simple, but now I've written it down with your prompt on units...

Homework Statement I have a question in my coursework where I don't know where to start. I've got Nickel decaying post the explosion, I've got a time t, I've got an energy release per nucleus of Nickel, I've got a decay constant, I've got a light curve decay half life, and I've got a...