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Primordial Nuclei and Their Galactic Evolution

Proceedings of an ISSI Workshop 6–10 May 1997, Bern, Switzerland

Part of the book series: Space Sciences Series of ISSI (SSSI, volume 4)

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Table of contents (31 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Early Universe

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Observed Densities in the Universe

      • G. A. Tammann
      Pages 15-30
    3. Non-BBN Constraints on the Key Cosmological Parameters

      • Gary Steigman, Naoya Hata, James E. Felten
      Pages 31-42
    4. Big Bang Theory and Primordial Nuclei

      • T. P. Walker
      Pages 55-62
  3. Extragalactic Objects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
    2. On the Measurements of D/H in QSO Absorption Systems

      • S. Burles, D. Tytler
      Pages 65-75
    3. A Reverse Monte Carlo Study of H+D Lyman Alpha Absorption from QSO Spectra

      • S. A. Levshakov, W. H. Kegel, F. Takahara
      Pages 77-82
    4. Temperature Fluctuations, H ii Region Abundances, and Primordial Helium

      • Gary Steigman, Sueli M. Viegas, Ruth Gruenwald
      Pages 95-103
    5. Primordial Helium and ΔYZ from H II Regions and from Fine Structure in the Main Sequence Based on Hipparcos Parallaxes

      • E. Høg, B. E. J. Pagel, L. Portinari, P. A. Thejll, J. MacDonald, L. Girardi
      Pages 115-126
  4. Low-Z Stars

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137
    2. The Low Metallicity Tail of the Halo Metallicity Distribution Function

      • T. C. Beers, S. Rossi, J. E. Norris, S. G. Ryan, P. Molaro, R. Rebolo
      Pages 139-144
    3. Lithium Abundances in Low-Z Stars

      • R. Cayrel
      Pages 145-154
    4. Lithium Abundance in Pop. II Stars

      • F. Spite, M. Spite, V. Hill
      Pages 155-160

About this book

The present volume, the fourth one in the "Space Sciences Series of ISSI" (Inter­ national Space Science Institute), contains the proceedings of a workshop on "Pri­ mordial Nuclei and Their Galactic Evolution", which was held at ISSI in Bern on 6-10 May 1997. This topic was chosen following some general enquiries with the scientific community concerning its desirability and timeliness. Five convenors, D. Duncan, C. Hogan, J. Linsky, N. Prantzos, and H. Reeves (chair) subsequently set up the workshop, nominated a list of invitees, structured the workshop into a series of introductory talks and into six topical working groups (early Universe­ extragalactic objects -low-Z stars - galactic disk and galactic evolution - solar nebula -local interstellar medium), and described the tasks of the working groups in a list of keywords. It is the main task of ISSI to bring together space scientists, ground-based observers, and theorists from different fields and to give them the opportunity to discuss and compare their results, thus contributing to the achievement of a deeper understanding, adding value to those results through multi-disciplinary research in an atmosphere of international co-operation. In that spirit the convenors selected participants working in fields ranging from Big Bang theory to observers oftoday's Solar System, thus spanning the widest possible range both in time and space.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, France

    Nikos Prantzos

  • Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, Italy

    Monica Tosi

  • International Space Science Institute, Bern, Switzerland

    Rudolf Steiger

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Primordial Nuclei and Their Galactic Evolution

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of an ISSI Workshop 6–10 May 1997, Bern, Switzerland

  • Editors: Nikos Prantzos, Monica Tosi, Rudolf Steiger

  • Series Title: Space Sciences Series of ISSI

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5116-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-5114-6Published: 31 August 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6150-6Published: 15 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-5116-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1385-7525

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 327

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles

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eBook USD 39.99
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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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