Searching for the Oldest Stars (eBook)

Ancient Relics from the Early Universe

Anna Frebel (Autor)

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2015
320 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-7428-6 (ISBN)

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Anna Frebel is the Silverman (1968) Family Career Development Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has received numerous international honors and awards for her discoveries and analyses of the oldest stars. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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A leading astronomer takes readers behind the scenes of the thrilling science of stellar archaeologyAstronomers study the oldest observable stars in the universe in much the same way archaeologists study ancient artifacts on Earth. Anna Frebel takes readers into the far-flung depths of space and time to provide a gripping firsthand account of the cutting-edge science of stellar archaeology. Weaving the latest findings in astronomy with her own compelling insights as one of the world's leading researchers in the field, she explains how sections of the night sky are "e;excavated"e; in the hunt for these extremely rare, 13-billion-year-old relic stars and how this astonishing quest is revealing tantalizing new details about the origins and evolution of the cosmos. Along the way, Frebel recounts her own stories of discovery, offering an insider's perspective on this exciting frontier of science.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.11.2015
• Zusatzinfo: 11 color + 62 b/w illus. 8 tables.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Schlagworte: Abundance of the chemical elements • Alpha particle • Andromeda Galaxy • Annie Jump Cannon • Apparent magnitude • Astronomer • Astronomical Object • Astronomy • astrophysics • Asymptotic giant branch • Atomic Nucleus • atomic number • Atomic physics • Barium • Betelgeuse • Billion years • binary star • Calcium • Calculation • carl sagan • Chemical composition • Chemical element • Chronology of the universe • CNO cycle • Compact Star • Control Room • convection • Cosmic Background Radiation • Cosmic Dust • Cosmic Evolution (book) • Deuterium • Dwarf Galaxy • emission spectrum • Galactic halo • Gamma ray • Giant star • Globular Cluster • Gravity • Helium atom • Hertzsprung–Russell diagram • hydrogen atom • hydrogen line • International Astronomical Union • Interstellar Medium • light • light-year • Magellan Telescopes • Magnesium • Main sequence • Measurement • Metallicity • milky way • Molecule • Neutrino • Neutron • neutron star • nitrogen • nuclear astrophysics • nuclear fusion • nuclear physics • nuclear reaction • Nucleosynthesis • observable universe • Orion nebula • Photon • physical cosmology • physicist • Planetary nebula • Quantity • quantum mechanics • Red Giant • r-process • Satellite galaxy • Siding Spring Observatory • sodium • Solar mass • Spectral line • Spectrograph • spectroscopy • Spiral galaxy • S-process • Star • star cluster • star formation • Stellar Archaeology • Stellar atmosphere • stellar evolution • Stellar kinematics • Stellar mass • Stellar population • stellar wind • Supernova • telescope • Temperature • Triple-alpha process • Ultraviolet • variable star • Wavelength • White Dwarf • year
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-7428-9 / 1400874289
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-7428-6 / 9781400874286