Most elements are synthesized, or "cooked", by thermonuclear reactions in stars. The newly formed
elements are released into the interstellar medium during a star's lifetime, and are subsequently
incorporated into a new generation of stars, into the planets that form around the stars, and into the life
forms that originate on the planets. Moreover, the energy we depend on for life originates from nuclear
reactions that occur at the center of the Sun. Synthesis of the elements and nuclear energy production
in stars are the topics of nuclear astrophysics, which is the subject of this book. It presents nuclear
structure and reactions, thermonuclear reaction rates, experimental nuclear methods, and nucleosynthesis
in detail. These topics are discussed in a coherent way, enabling the reader to grasp their interconnections
intuitively. The book serves both as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, with
worked examples and end-of-chapter excercises, but also as a reference book for use by researchers
working in the field of nuclear astrophysics.
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Christian Iliadis is Professor of Physics & Astronomy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a nuclear astrophysicist at the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory. He received the prestigious University of North Carolina Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2014.
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University of North Carolina, USA
Preface
ASPECTS OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS
History
Nomenclature
Solar System Abundances
Astrophysical Aspects
Masses, Binding Energies, Nuclear Reactions, and Related Topics
Nuclear Shell Model
Nuclear Excited States and Electromagnetic Transitions
Weak Interaction
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
Cross Sections
Reciprocity Theorem
Elastic Scattering and Method of Partial Waves
Scattering by Simple Potentials
Theory of Resonances
Continuum Theory
Hauser-Feshbach Theory
THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS
Cross Sections and Reaction Rates
Nonresonant and Resonant Thermonuclear Reaction Rates
NUCLEAR PHYSICS EXPERIMENTS
General Aspects
Interaction of Radiation with Matter
Targets and Related Equipment
Radiation Detectors
Nuclear Spectroscopy
Miscellaneous Experimental Techniques
Background Radiation
Yields and Cross Sections for Charged-Particle-Induced Reactions
Transmissions, Yields, and Cross Sections for Neutron-Induced Reactions
NUCLEAR BURNING STAGES AND PROCESSES
Hydrostatic Hydrogen Burning
Hydrostatic Helium Burning
Advanced Burning Stages
Explosive Burning in Core-Collapse Supernovae (Type II, Ib, Ic)
Explosive Burning Involving Binary Stars
Nucleosynthesis Beyond the Iron Peak
Non-Stellar Processes
Origin of the Nuclides
APPENDIX
Solutions of the Schrödinger Equation in Three Dimensions
Quantum Mechanical Selection Rules
Kinematics
Angular Correlations
Constants, Data, Units, and Notation
Index
