Essays in Nuclear Astrophysics

Originally published in 1982, this collection of essays provides an integrated overview of the application of nuclear science to astronomy.

Charles A. Barnes (Edited by), Donald D. Clayton (Edited by), D. N. Schramm (Edited by)

9780521288767, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 30 September 1982

580 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.77 kg

Originally published in 1982, this collection of essays provides an integrated overview of the application of nuclear science to astronomy. The book discusses, among other topics, the abundances of the nuclear and chemical species on the Earth and the Moon, in meteorites, in the stars, and in interstellar space. The hypothesis that these species are produced by nuclear reactions is then explored and related to laboratory measurements. Other subjects include the dynamics of supernovae and interdisciplinary relationships between elementary particle physics and cosmology. The essays are dedicated to Professor William A. Fowler and pay tribute to his vast influence on the field.

List of contributors
Preface
1. Two decades of collaboration with Willy Fowler Fred Hoyle
2. Nucleosynthesis in galaxies E. M. Burbidge and G. R. Burbidge
3. Elemental and nuclidic abundances in the solar system A. G. W. Cameron
4. A comparison of stellar observations and the theory of nucleosynthesis Jesse L. Greenstein
5. Improving the reliability of experimental atomic transition probabilities Ward Whaling
6. Some short-lived nuclides in the early solar system - a connection with the placental ISM G. J. Wasserburg and D. A. Papanastassiou
7. Meteorite actinide chemistry and cosmochronology D. S. Burnett, M. I. Stapanian and J. H. Jones
8. Solar power R. W. Kavanagh
9. Hydrogen burning in massive stars W. S. Rodney and C. Rolfs
10. Nuclear reactions in highly evolved stars C. A. Barnes
11. The rate of the 12C(?, ?)16O reaction in stellar helium burning T. A. Tombrello, S. E. Koonin and B. A. Flanders
12. An account of the development of the solar neutrino problem John N. Bahcall and Raymond Davis Jr
13. 3He, red dwarfs, and our next trillion years E. E. Salpeter
14. The s-process R. K. Ulrich
15. The r-process and nucleocosmochronology David N. Schramm
16. The origin of the light elements Jean Audouze and Hubert Reeves
17. Nucleosynthesis in two 25 M stars of different population S. E. Woosley and Thomas A. Weaver
18. Cosmic radioactivity: a gamma-ray search for the origins of atomic nuclei Donald D. Clayton
19. On the nature of supernovae W. D. Arnett
20. Supernova theory H. A. Bethe
21. Nuclear theory of novae James W. Truran
22. Free and bound quarks - accelerators and the early universe Robert V. Wagoner
23. Particle physics and cosmology Gary Steigman
Publications and research papers of William A. Fowler
Author index
Subject index.

Subject Areas: Cosmology & the universe [PGK]