Essentials of nucleosynthesis and theoretical nuclear astrophysics /

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"Version: 20200701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Essentials. 1. Basic properties of stars and the stellar plasma -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Blackbody radiation and luminosity -- 1.3. Abundances and mass fractions -- 1.4. Further thermodynamic relations -- 1.5. Equations-of-state for stellar plasmas -- 1.6. Basics of scattering -- 1.7. Spin, parity, and selection rules in quantum mechanics2. Stellar models -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Hydrostatic equations of stellar structure -- 2.3. Barotropic and polytropic EOS -- 2.4. Lane-Emden equations -- 2.5. Properties of white dwarfs -- 2.6. Mixture of gas and radiation in hydrostatic equilibrium -- 2.7. Energy transport in stars -- 2.8. Convective and diffusive matter transport -- 2.9. Complete equations for the hydrostatic model3. Nuclear physics for astrophysics -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Nuclear radii and masses -- 3.3. The independent-particle model and the nuclear shell model -- 3.4. Excited states and the nuclear level density -- 3.5. Introduction to nuclear scattering -- 3.6. Reaction cross sections -- 3.7. Introduction to reaction theory -- 3.8. Barrier penetration: [alpha]-decay and nuclear fission -- 3.9. B-decay and electron capture4. Abundance changes in astrophysical plasmas -- 4.1. Astrophysical reaction rates -- 4.2. Nuclear reaction networks -- 4.3. Simplification of reaction networks due to equilibriapart II. Stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis. 5. Introduction -- 6. Stellar evolution -- 7. Hydrostatic burning phases -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Hydrogen burning -- 7.3. Helium burning -- 7.4. Carbon burning -- 7.5. Neon burning -- 7.6. Oxygen burning -- 7.7. Silicon burning8. Origin of the elements beyond Fe -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. The s-process -- 8.3. The r-process -- 8.4. The p-nuclides -- 8.5. The i-process9. Explosive nucleosynthesis -- 9.1. General considerations -- 9.2. Classification of high-energy phenomena -- 9.3. Core-collapse supernovae -- 9.4. Explosive burning in binary systems10. Primordial nucleosynthesis -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. Measured primordial abundances -- 10.3. The early universe -- 10.4. Standard big bang nucleosynthesis (SBBN)11. Galactic origin of the elements -- 11.1. Production sites -- 11.2. Galactic chemical evolution models -- 11.3. Nucleocosmochronology.Studies in nucleosynthesis and nuclear astrophysics are highly interdisciplinary, encompassing such fields as nuclear physics, stellar structure and evolution, hydrostatics and hydrodynamics, differential equations for following isotopic abundance changes in stellar plasmas and in the interstellar medium, and astronomical observations. Essentials of Nucleosynthesis and Theoretical Nuclear Astrophysics brings together the theoretical aspects of these topics in a single volume, providing the necessary mathematical tools and equations with unified notation to enable studying nucleosynthesis in a variety of astrophysical sites. Essential definitions and theory are presented that will enable the reader to enter the research field with the familiarity of the specialities and specific problems. Useful as a reference work for any researcher in the field of nucleosynthesis and nuclear astrophysics, or a suitable basis for a graduate course on these topics, the book also provides the information necessary to follow discussions of current open questions in the understanding of the origin of the elements.Researchers and graduate students in astrophysics and nuclear physics.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.Thomas Rauscher is an active researcher in nuclear physics and astrophysics. He teaches at the University of Basel, is Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire, and also works at the Swiss Federal Institute for Intellectual Property in Berne, Switzerland. He is the recipient of a number of prestigious funded fellowships and awards, including the Ludwig Boltzmann Prize from the ?OPG (Austrian Physical Society) for his work in theoretical physics and an Alexander von Humboldt fellowship. He has authored a large number of highly cited publications in scientific journals.Title from PDF title page (viewed on August 4, 2020).

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