Supernovae and Nucleosynthesis (eBook)

An Investigation of the History of Matter, from the Big Bang to the Present

David Arnett (Autor)

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2020
496 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-22166-3 (ISBN)

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This book investigates the question of how matter has evolved since its origin in the Big Bang, from the cosmological synthesis of hydrogen and helium to the generation of the complex set of nuclei that comprise our world and our selves. A central theme is the evolution of gravitationally contained thermonuclear reactors, otherwise known as stars. Our current understanding is presented systematically and quantitatively, by combining simple analytic models with new state-of-the-art computer simulations. The narrative begins with the clues (primarily the solar system abundance pattern), the constraining physics (primarily nuclear and particle physics), and the thermonuclear burning in the Big Bang itself. It continues with a step-by-step description of how stars evolve by nuclear reactions, a critical investigation of supernova explosion mechanisms and the formation of neutron stars and of black holes, and an analysis of how such explosions appear to astronomers (illustrated by comparison with recent observations). It concludes with a synthesis of these ideas for galactic evolution, with implications for nucleosynthesis in the first generation of stars and for the solar system abundance pattern. Emphasis is given to questions that remain open, and to active research areas that bridge the disciplines of astronomy, cosmochemistry, physics, and planetary and space science. Extensive references are given.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.11.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Astrophysics
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Astrophysics
• Zusatzinfo: 67 tables, 119 line drawings
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik
• Schlagworte: Absorption Lines • Accretion • alpha decay • Alpha particle • Angular momentum • Approximation • Atomic Nucleus • Available energy (particle collision) • backward differencing • Barn (unit) • Baryogenesis • beta decay • big bang nucleosynthesis • Binary Pulsar • Bolometric correction • Bremsstrahlung • burning stages • Calculation • Chandrasekhar mass • Chaos • chemical potential • CNO cycle • convection • Cooling • Cosmic Ray • Coulomb barrier • coulomb repulsion • Cryogenics • curve of growth • decoupling • Deflagration • Degenerate matter • Detonation • Deuterium • Effective mass (solid-state physics) • Effective temperature • Electron Capture • Electron degeneracy pressure • Electron–positron annihilation • energy generation rate • Equation of State • excited state • expansional cooling • explosive time-scale • Fermi energy • Fermion • Fermi selection rules • Foe (unit) • Free-fall time • Freezeout • Fusion power • Galactic Disk • gamma emission • Gamma ray • Gravitational collapse • gravitational contraction • helium burning • Helium flash • H II region • Hubble's law • Hydrodynamics • hydrogen burning • ignition mass • implicit differencing • Initial Mass Function • Interstellar Medium • Ionization • Ionization energy • Iron peak • Isotope • Jeans Instability • Kepler • Lagrangian Coordinates • Ledoux criterion • Lepton • lepton number • light curve • Magic numbers • Magnetosphere • Main sequence • mass–energy equivalence • mass formula • mass-luminosity relation • mean free path • Metallicity • mixing-length theory • Molecular Clouds • neutral currents • Neutrino • Neutrino detector • Neutron • neutron star • Nuclear density • nuclear fusion • Nuclear Isomer • nuclear reaction • Nucleon • Nucleosynthesis • number density • numerical instability • O shell burning • overproduction • pairing energy • Pair-instability supernova • photoelectric effect • Photon • Photon gas • Photosphere • Planetary nebula • positron • Quantity • quantum tunnelling • quartic • radiation entropy • Radiation pressure • Radioactive decay • Radionuclide • Rayleigh–Taylor instability • Reaction Rate • Red Giant • Red supergiant • resonance • r-process • shock emergence • Silicon • SN 1987A • Solar mass • Solar Neighborhood • spectral types • S-process • Star • star formation • stellar evolution • Stellar mass • Stellar nucleosynthesis • Stellar population • stiff equations • Strong Interaction • Supernova • Temperature • Triple-alpha process • turbulent pressure • Uniform Approximation • valley of stability • Weak Interaction • White Dwarf • Wolf–Rayet star • X-Ray
• ISBN-10: 0-691-22166-9 / 0691221669
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-22166-3 / 9780691221663