Supernovae and Nucleosynthesis
An Investigation of the History of Matter, from the Big Bang to the Present
1st Edition
Published on 10. November 2020
496 pages
978-0-691-22166-3 (ISBN)
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English
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Princeton, NJ
United States
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De Gruyter
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Digital original
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67 tables, 119 line drawings
67 tables, 119 line drawings
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Supernovae and Nucleosynthesis
An Investigation of the History of Matter, from the Big Bang to the Present
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Supernovae and Nucleosynthesis
An Investigation of the History of Matter, from the Big Bang to the Present
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David Arnett is a Regents Professor at the University of Arizona and an astrophysicist at the Steward Observatory. He has been an active contributor to the development of a quantitative understanding of the birth of the elements and the death of stars, with particular interests in the use of computers in science, and in the interface between physics and astronomy.
Content
- Cover page
- Half-title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Abundances of Nuclei
- 2.1 What Are Abundances?
- 2.2 Solar System Abundances
- 2.3 Stellar Atmospheres
- 2.4 Meteorites
- 2.5 Cosmic Rays
- 2.6 Other Aspects
- 3. Some Aspects of Nuclear Physics
- 3.1 Nuclear Masses
- 3.2 Nuclear Stability
- 3.3 Coulomb Barrier
- 3.4 Resonances
- 3.5 Reverse Rates
- 3.6 Heavy-Ion Reactions
- 3.7 Weak Interactions in Nuclei
- 3.8 Sources of Rates
- 4. Nuclear Reaction Networks
- 4.1 Network Equations
- 4.2 Solutions: Steady State
- 4.3 Solutions: Equilibria
- 4.4 Solutions: General Method
- 4.5 Energy Generation
- 4.6 Mixing and Hydrodynamics
- 4.7 Freezeout
- 5. Cosmological Nucleosynthesis
- 5.1 Kinematics
- 5.2 Radiation and Particles
- 5.3 Weak Interaction Freezeout
- 5.4 Cosmological Nucleosynthesis
- 5.5 Further Implications
- 6. Some Properties of Stars
- 6.1 Stellar Evolution Equations
- 6.2 Standard Model
- 6.3 Nuclear Energy
- 6.4 Neutrino Processes
- 6.5 Stellar Energy
- 6.6 Ignition Masses
- 6.7 Final States
- 7. Hydrogen-Burning Stars
- 7.1 Birth of Stars
- 7.2 Burning Processes
- 7.3 Main Sequence
- 7.4 Convective Cores
- 7.5 Shell Burning
- 7.6 Nucleosynthesis
- 8. Helium-Burning Stars
- 8.1 Thermonuclear Features
- 8.2 Ignition
- 8.3 Core Nucleosynthesis
- 8.4 Shell Nucleosynthesis
- 8.5 M-Ma Relation
- 8.6 Implications
- 9. Explosive Nucleosynthesis
- 9.1 Parameters
- 9.2 Carbon and Neon
- 9.3 Oxygen
- 9.4 Silicon and e-Process
- 9.5 Neutron Excess and Galactic Evolution
- 9.6 Yield Puzzle
- 10. Neutrino-Cooled Stars
- 10.1 Neutrinos and Convection
- 10.2 Core Evolution
- 10.3 Stellar Structure
- 10.4 Shell Nucleosynthesis
- 11. Thermonuclear Explosions
- 11.1 Thermonuclear Flames
- 11.2 Degenerate Instability
- 11.3 Convection and Urea
- 11.4 Yields from Degenerate Instability
- 11.5 He Detonation
- 11.6 Pair Instability
- 11.7 Oxygen Burning and Beyond
- 12. Gravitational Collapse
- 12.1 Historical Overview
- 12.2 Neutronization and Dissociation
- 12.3 Neutrino Trapping
- 12.4 Collapse
- 12.5 Bounce
- 12.6 Ejection of Matter
- 13. Supernovae
- 13.1 An Overview
- 13.2 Shock Emergence
- 13.3 Expansion and Radiative Diffusion
- 13.4 Radioactive Heating
- 13.5 Recombination
- 13.6 SN1987A
- 13.7 Type II Supernovae and SN1993J
- 13.8 Type I Supernovae
- 14. Galactic Evolution
- 14.1 Galactic Evolution Equations
- 14.2 Initial Mass Functions
- 14.3 One-Zone Models
- 14.4 Absolute Yields
- 14.5 The Galactic Disk
- 14.6 Primordial Stellar Yields
- 14.7 Critical Uncertainties
- Appendixes
- A. Solar System Abundances
- A.1 Tables
- A.2 Notes: H to Kr
- A.3 Notes: Rb to U
- B. Equations of State
- B.1 Coulomb Interactions
- B.2 Integrals
- B.3 Photon Gas
- B.4 Fermi-Dirac Gas
- B.5 Equilibria
- B.6 Urea Rates
- C. Stellar Structure
- C.1 Polytropes
- C.2 Gravitational Binding
- C.3 Energy Generation
- D. Supernova Light Curves
- D.1 Simple Cooling
- D.2 Heating
- References
- Index
