Bernard E. J. Pagel

Nucleosynthesis and Chemical Evolution of Galaxies

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A lucid introduction for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, and an authoritative overview for researchers and professional scientists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 486
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 1012g
• ISBN-13: 9780521840309
• ISBN-10: 0521840309
• Artikelnr.: 25164221

Autorenporträt

Bernard Pagel won the Gold Medal from the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) in 1990, and became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1992. He served as a member of the MNRAS editorial board from 1970-1984, and was Vice President of the RAS from 1973¿1976.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction and overview
2. Thermonuclear reactions
3. Cosmic abundances of elements and isotopes
4. Cosmological nucleosynthesis and abundances of light elements
5. Outline of stellar structure and evolution
6. Neutron capture processes
7. Galactic chemical evolution: basic concepts and issues
8. Some specific GCE models and related observational data
9. Origin and evolution of light elements
10. Radioactive cosmochronology
11. Chemical evolution in other sorts of galaxies
12. Cosmic chemical evolution and diffuse background radiation
Appendices
References
Index.