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Astrophysics with Radioactive Isotopes / edited by Roland Diehl, Dieter H. Hartmann, Nikos Prantzos

Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library ; 453 | SpringerLink BücherPublisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018Edition: 2nd ed. 2018Description: Online-Ressource (XVII, 674 p. 162 illus., 105 illus. in color, online resource)ISBN:
  • 9783319919294
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9783319919287 | 9783319919300 | Erscheint auch als: 978-3-319-91928-7 Druck-Ausgabe | Printed edition: 9783319919287 | Printed edition: 9783319919300 DDC classification:
  • 523.01
LOC classification:
  • QB460-466
DOI: DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-91929-4Online resources: Summary: Dealing with astrophysics derived from the radiation emitted by radioactive atomic nuclei, this book describes the different methods used to measure cosmic radio-isotopes. It demonstrates how this astronomical window has contributed to the understanding of the sources and the chemical evolution of cosmic gas. Reference materials and explanations are included for students in advanced stages of their education. Nuclear reactions in different sites across the universe lead to the production of stable and unstable nuclei. Their abundances can be measured through different methods, allowing to study the various nuclear processes taking place in cosmic environments. Nucleosynthesis is the cosmic formation of new nuclear species, starting from hydrogen and helium resulting from the big bang origins. Stars create and eject synthesized nuclei during their evolution and explosions. Incorporation of the new interstellar composition into next-generation stars characterises the compositional (chemical) evolution of cosmic gas in and between galaxies. Radioactive species have unique messages about how this occurs. Since the first Edition of this book published in 2011 with the title Astronomy with Radioactivities, long-awaited new direct observations of supernova radioactivity have been made and are now addressed in two updated chapters dealing with supernovae. In this second Edition, the advances of recent years beyond one-dimensional treatments of stellar structure and stellar explosions towards 3-dimensional models have been included, and led to significant re-writings in Chapters 3-5. The sections on the Solar System origins have been re-written to account for new insights into the evolution of giant molecular clouds. The chapter on diffuse radioactivities now also includes material measurements of radioactivities in the current solar system, and their interpretations for recent nucleosynthesis activity in our Galaxy. Significant new results on gamma-rays from positron annihilations have been accounted for in that chapter, and led to new links with nucleosynthesis sources as well as interstellar transport processes. A new chapter now provides a description of interstellar processes often called 'chemical evolution', thus linking the creation of new nuclei to their abundance observations in gas and stars. The experimental / instrumental chapters on nuclear reaction measurements, on gamma-ray telescopes, and pre-solar grain laboratories have been updated. Moreover, ne ...Summary: Part I The Role of Radioactivities in Astrophysics -- Introduction to Astronomy With Radioactivity -- The Role of Radioactive Isotopes in Astrophysics -- Part II Specific Sources of Cosmic Isotopes -- Radioactivities in Low-and Intermediate-Mass Stars -- Massive Stars and their Supernovae -- Binary Systems and Their Nuclear Explosions -- Part III Special Places to Observe Cosmic Isotopes -- Distributed Radioactivities -- Part IV Tools for the Study of Radioactivities in Astrophysics -- Nuclear Reactions -- Instruments for Observations of Radioactivities -- Part V Epilogue -- Perspectives -- Annotations on Chemical Evolution -- Radionuclides and Their Stellar Origins -- Milestones in the Science of Cosmic Radioactivities -- Glossary: Key Terms in Astronomy With Radioactivities -- IndexPPN: PPN: 1038688868Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-2-PHA | ZDB-2-SEB | ZDB-2-SXP
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