| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 466 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction and overview -- Thermonuclear reactions -- Cosmic abundances of elements and isotopes -- Cosmological nucleosynthesis and abundances of light elements -- Outline of stellar structure and evolution -- Neutron capture processes -- Galactic chemical evolution : basic concepts and issues -- Some specific GCE models and related observational data -- Origin and evolution of light elements -- Radioactive cosmochronology -- Chemical evolution in other sorts of galaxies -- Cosmic chemical evolution and diffuse background radiation -- Appendix 1: Some historical landmarks -- Appendix 2: Some physical and astronomical constants -- Appendix 3: Time-dependent perturbation theory and transition probabilities -- Appendix 4: Polytropic stellar models -- Appendix 5: Dissipation and abundance gradients -- Appendix 6: Hints for problems |
| Summary |
Pagel introduces a broad spectrum of astrophysics topics, from thermonuclear reactions and cosmological element production to abundance measurements in astronomical sources, nucleosynthesis, light element production by cosmic rays and stellar evolution |
| Notes |
Previous edition: 1997 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-452) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Galaxies -- Evolution.
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Cosmochemistry.
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SCIENCE -- Cosmology.
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Cosmochemistry
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Galaxies -- Evolution
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Galaxie
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Evolution
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Nukleosynthese
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Kosmochemie
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Milchstraßensystem.
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Milchstraßensystem
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781139129138 |
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1139129139 |
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9780511506512 |
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0511506511 |
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9780511504372 |
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0511504373 |
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9780511812170 |
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0511812175 |
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