Nuclear Astrophysics
Proceedings of the Third International Summer School, La Rabida, Huelva, Spain, June 19 - July 2, 1988
Published on 20. February 1989
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Paperback/Softback
VIII, 355 pages
978-3-540-50751-2 (ISBN)
Description
"Hot" topics in nuclear astrophysics are reviewed and discussed in these interdisciplinary proceedings at a level accessible to graduate students and researchers in nuclear physics or astrophysics. Leading experts cover topics including the origin of light elements, s-, p- and r-processes, neutrinos in astrophysics, type I and II supernovas, laboratory approaches to nuclear astrophysics problems, heavy ion reactions and the equation of state of dense nuclear matter.
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Contents: The S-Process.- The P-Process.- Gamma Ray Line Astronomy.- Synthesis of Light Elements.- Type I Supernovae.- Explosive Nucleosynthesis.- Neutrino Astrophysics.- Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics.- Nuclear Reactions of Hydrogen and Helium Burning.- Nuclear Reactions in Highly Evolved Stars.- New Methods in Low-Energy Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics.- Effects of Density Inhomogeneities on Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis.- Theoretical Studies of Nuclear Reactions at Astrophysical Energies.- Equation of State at Subsaturation Densities.- Equation of State of Nuclear Matter.- Compressibility of Nuclear Matter: A Review of Experimental Results.- Examples of Self-Gravitating Dark-Matter Structures.- Type II Supernovae.- Short Contributions.- Subject Index.- List of Participants.- Index of Contributors.