The Synthesis of the Elements The Astrophysical Quest for Nucleosynthesis and What It Can Tell Us About the Universe /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Shaviv, Giora (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Σειρά: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 387
• Θέματα: Physics.; Nuclear chemistry.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Nuclear Chemistry.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

This book describes the origins and evolution of the chemical elements  we and the cosmos are made of. The story starts with the discovery of the common elements on Earth and their subsequent discovery in space. How do we learn the composition of the distant stars? How did progress in quantum theory...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Order in the Chemical Elements
• Preparing the Ground for Delving into the Stars
• Probing the Stars from afar
• Is Physics the Same Everywhere?
• Towards the Bottom of the Nuclear Binding Energy
• The Composition-Age-Velocity Connection
• Big and Little Bangs
• How Nature Overcomes its Own Barriers
• Beyond Carbon
• Which Star Becomes which Supernova?
• Between two Extreme Nuclear Models
• Synthesis of the Heavier-than-Iron Elements
• A Process in Search of an Environment: The r-Process
• The Elusive First Stars
• Index.