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Astronomy with Radioactivities

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Roland Diehl

    1. MPI für extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany

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  2. Dieter H. Hartmann

    1. Dept. Physics & Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, USA

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  3. Nikos Prantzos

    1. Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, Paris, France

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  • Gives a comprehensive and coherent account of the growing field of nuclear astropyhsics
  • Presents state-of-the-art understanding of how nature made the elements we are composed of
  • Contains extremely useful appendices listing
  • and explaining Radionuclides and their Stellar Origins
  • Milestones in the Science of Cosmic Radioactivities
  • Contains a glossary of Key Terms in Astronomy with Radioactivities
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 812)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. The Role of Radioactivities in Astrophysics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction to Astronomy with Radioactivity

      • R. Diehl
      Pages 3-23

    3. The Role of Radioactive Isotopes in Astrophysics

      • D.D. Clayton
      Pages 25-79

  3. Specific Sources of Cosmic Isotopes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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    2. Radioactivities in Low- and Intermediate-Mass Stars

      • M. Lugaro, A. Chieffi
      Pages 83-151

    3. Massive Stars and Their Supernovae

      • F.-K. Thielemann, R. Hirschi, M. Liebendörfer, R. Diehl
      Pages 153-231

    4. Binary Systems and Their Nuclear Explosions

      • J. Isern, M. Hernanz, J. José
      Pages 233-305

  4. Special Places to Observe Cosmic Isotopes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 307-307
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    2. The Early Solar System

      • M. Busso
      Pages 309-344

    3. Distributed Radioactivities

      • R. Diehl, D.H. Hartmann, N. Prantzos
      Pages 345-436

  5. Tools for the Study of Radioactivities in Astrophysics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 437-437
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    2. Computer-Modeling of Stars

      • M. Liebendörfer
      Pages 439-459

    3. Nuclear Reactions

      • M. Wiescher, T. Rauscher
      Pages 461-489

    4. Instruments for Observations of Radioactivities

      • G. Kanbach, L. Nittler
      Pages 491-515

  6. Epilogue

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 517-517
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    2. Perspectives

      • R. Diehl, D.H. Hartmann, N. Prantzos
      Pages 519-523

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 525-564
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About this book

This book introduces the reader to the field of nuclear astrophysics, i.e. the acquisition and reading of measurements on unstable isotopes in different parts of the universe. The authors explain the role of radioactivities in astrophysics, discuss specific sources of cosmic isotopes and in which special regions they can be observed. More specifically, the authors address stars of different types, stellar explosions which terminate stellar evolutions, and other explosions triggered by mass transfers and instabilities in binary stars. They also address nuclear reactions and transport processes in interstellar space, in the contexts of cosmic rays and of chemical evolution. A special chapter is dedicated to the solar system which even provides material samples. The book also contains a description of key tools which astrophysicists employ in those particular studies and a glossary of key terms in astronomy with radioactivities.

Editors and Affiliations

  • MPI für extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany

    Roland Diehl

  • Dept. Physics & Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, USA

    Dieter H. Hartmann

  • Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, Paris, France

    Nikos Prantzos

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Astronomy with Radioactivities

  • Editors: Roland Diehl, Dieter H. Hartmann, Nikos Prantzos

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Physics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12698-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-12698-7Published: 01 October 2010

  • Series ISSN: 0075-8450

  • Series E-ISSN: 1616-6361

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 564

  • Number of Illustrations: 120 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

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