Astrophysics with radioactive isotopes. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Roland Diehl, Dieter H. Hartmann, Nikos Prantzos, editors.
• Editors: Diehl, Roland; Hartmann, Dieter H; Prantzos, Nikos
• Contents: Intro; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgements; Contents; Part I The Role of Radioactivities in Astrophysics; 1 Astrophysics with Radioactive Isotopes; 1.1 Origin of Radioactivity; 1.2 Processes of Radioactivity; 1.3 Radioactivity and Cosmic Nucleosynthesis; 1.4 Observing Radioactive Isotopes in the Universe; References; 2 The Role of Radioactive Isotopes in Astrophysics; 2.1 History of Nucleosynthesis and Radioactivity; 2.1.1 Two Very Different Pioneers; 2.1.1.1 Sir Fred Hoyle (1946, 1954); 2.1.1.2 Hans Suess, Nuclear Shell Model, and Abundances 2.1.2 The Second Decade2.1.2.1 William A. Fowler and Burbidge, Burbidge, Fowler and Hoyle (B2FH); 2.1.2.2 A.G.W. Cameron, a Parallel Force; 2.1.2.3 Donald D. Clayton and Time-Dependent Heavy Element Nucleosynthesis; 2.1.2.4 The Sequel; 2.1.3 New Astronomy with Radioactivity; 2.1.4 Interpreting Exponential Decay; 2.2 Disciplines of Astronomy with Radioactivity; 2.2.1 Nuclear Cosmochronology; 2.2.1.1 Uranium and Thorium on Earth; 2.2.1.2 Cosmochronology with Extinct Radioactive Abundances; 2.2.1.3 Birthrate Function for Primary Solar Abundances; 2.2.1.4 Uranium and Thorium in Old Dwarf Stars 2.2.1.5 Cosmoradiogenic Chronologies2.2.1.6 Radioactivity and Galactic Chemical Evolution; 2.2.2 Gamma-Ray Lines from Galactic Radioactivity; 2.2.2.1 The Rice University Program; 2.2.2.2 Earliest Predictions and Detections of Gamma-Ray Lines; 2.2.2.3 The Surprise 26Al; 2.2.3 Radiogenic Luminosity; 2.2.3.1 Radiogenic Luminosity in Supernovae; 2.2.3.2 Radiogenic Luminosity in Novae; 2.2.3.3 Radiogenic Luminosity in Neutron-Star Mergers; 2.2.4 Extinct Radioactivity and Immediate Pre-solar Nucleosynthesis; 2.2.4.1 Xenology Revisited; 2.2.4.2 Neon-E; 2.2.4.3 26Al: Fossil or Injected Fuel 2.2.4.4 Extinct Radioactivity and Mixing of Interstellar Phases2.2.5 Stardust: Radioactivity in Solid Samples of Pre-solar Stars; 2.2.5.1 Stardust Predicted; 2.2.5.2 Stardust Discovered: Fossil Extinct Radioactivity; 2.2.5.3 Radioactivity and Chemistry of Condensation in Supernovae; 2.2.5.4 Astronomy with Radioactivity Today; References; Part II Specific Sources of Cosmic Isotopes; 3 Low- and Intermediate-Mass Stars; 3.1 The Missing Element; 3.2 The Production of Radioactive Nuclei in Stellar Interiors; 3.2.1 The Stellar Energy Source and Radioactive Isotopes 3.2.2 The Sun: Neutrinos and the Nuclear Originof Starlight3.2.3 Solar Flares and Radioactivities; 3.3 Evolution After the Main Sequence: The First Giant Branch; 3.3.1 The First Giant Branch; 3.3.2 The Production of Li; 3.4 Evolution in the Double Shell Burning Phase; 3.4.1 Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) Stars; 3.4.2 Super-AGB Stars; 3.4.3 Winds from AGB Stars; 3.4.4 Dust from Giant Stars and the Origin of Stardust; 3.5 Neutron Capture Nucleosynthesis in AGB Stars; 3.5.1 Neutron Sources in AGB Stars; 3.5.2 The s-Process in AGB Stars; 3.5.3 Branchings and the s-Process in AGB Stars
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 523.01; Physics; Astrophysics; Radioisotopes; SCIENCE / Astronomy; Science -- Nuclear Physics; Atomic & molecular physics; Nuclear physics; Science -- Astrophysics & Space Science; Astrophysics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319919294; 3319919296
• Related ISBNs: 9783319919287
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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