Origin of Elements in the Solar System

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. Glenn Seaborg and the Quest for Superheavy Elements

   1. Ghiorso Remembers Seaborg

      • Albert Ghiorso

      Pages 3-19

   2. Superheavy Elements at Berkeley: The Culmination of Seaborg’s Career

      • K. E. Gregorich, V. Ninov

      Pages 21-33

   3. The Discovery of Superheavy Elements 107–112 and of the Deformed Shell at N = 162

      • P. Armbruster

      Pages 35-47

3. The Nuclear Reactions That Made Our Elements

   1. The Decay of 19N

      • D. W. Anthony, D. J. Morrissey, P. A. Lofy, P. F. Mantica, J. I. Prisciandaro, M. Steiner et al.

      Pages 51-61

   2. Measuring the Astrophysics Rate of the 21Na(p,γ)22Mg Reaction

      • John M. D’Auria, DRAGON Collaboration

      Pages 63-70

   3. Production and β-Decay Half-Lives of Very N-Rich Nuclei

      • Monique Bernas

      Pages 71-80

   4. The Role of the N = 28 and N = 40 Closed Shells in the Production of the Neutron-Rich Ca-Ti-Cr-Fe-Ni Elements in the Universe

      • O. Sorlin

      Pages 81-92

   5. Experimental Studies Related to s-process Abundances

      • K. Wisshak, F. Voss, C. Arlandini, F. Käppeler

      Pages 93-101

   6. Neutron Capture Cross Section Measurements for the Analysis of the s-process

      • Robert S. Rundberg, J. L. Ullmann, J. B. Wilhelmy, M. M. Fowler, R. C. Haight, G. G. Miller et al.

      Pages 103-110

   7. About the Reliability of Extrapolation of Nuclear Structure Data for r-process Calculations

      • G. Lhersonneau, B. Pfeiffer, K. -L. Kratz

      Pages 111-118

   8. The Astrophysical r-process

      • K. -L. Kratz, P. Möller, B. Pfeiffer, F. -K. Thielemann

      Pages 119-142

   9. Nuclear Aspects of Stellar and Explosive Nucleosynthesis

      • Thomas Rauscher, Friedrich-Karl Thielemann, Robert D. Hoffman, Stanford E. Woosley

      Pages 143-152

   10. Proton Captures in the Atmosphere of Accreting Neutron Stars

       • H. Schatz, L. Bildsten, A. Cumming, M. Wiescher

       Pages 153-163

4. A Cosmological View of Nucleosynthesis

   1. The Origin of the Elements

      • G. Burbidge

      Pages 167-174

   2. Chemical Evolution Tomorrow

      • Virginia Trimble

      Pages 175-188

   3. LiBeB Nucleosynthesis and Clues to the Chemical Evolution of the Universe

      • V. E. Viola

      Pages 189-201

   4. Measurement of the 44Ti Half-life and its Significance for Supernovae

      • I. Ahmad, J. P. Greene, W. Kutschera, M. Paul

      Pages 203-210

   5. On the Half-Life of 44Ti in Young Supernova Remnants

      • Eric B. Norman, Edgardo Browne

      Pages 211-216

   6. Abundances in SN 1987A and Other Supernovae

      • Roger A. Chevalier

      Pages 217-223

Based on an American Chemical Society Symposium organized by Professors Glenn Seaborg and Oliver Manuel, this volume provides a comprehensive record of different views on this important subject at the end of the 20th century. They have assembled a blend of highly respected experimentalists and theorists from astronomy, geology, meteoritics, planetology and nuclear chemistry and physics to discuss the origin of elements in the solar system. The intent was to include all points of view and let history judge their validity.

• Accretion
• Cross section
• Nuclear chemistry
• Planet
• Planetary system
• Solar System
• Sun
• astrophysics
• helioseismology
• solar

• University of Missouri, Rolla

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