An introduction to nuclear astrophysics /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boyd, Richard N.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007
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Table of Contents:
  • Nuclear astrophysics background
  • The instruments used to study astrophysics
  • Nuclear basics of nuclear astrophysics
  • Stellar basics of nuclear astrophysics
  • Hydrogen burning
  • Advanced stellar evolution, supernovae, and gamma-ray bursters
  • Production of the abundant heavy nuclides
  • Nucleosynthesis on the proton-rich side of stability, X-ray bursts, and magnetars
  • The beginning of the universe.