Stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis: an introduction to nuclear astrophysics
The new book, An Introduction to Nuclear Astrophysics, by Jean Audouze and Sylvie Vauclair, fills the tremendous need for a work of book length that is more modern than the 1968 textbook. Audouze and vauclair excellently summarize the current status of the field. The book is written at a level that would be quite suitable for use in a beginning graduate or upper division undergraduate course. Audouze and Vauclair, both active French astrophysicists, have made numerous contributions to our understanding of nuclear astrophysics. Audouze in particular, is well known for his work on light element synthesis and on the chemical evolution of the galaxy, so it is understandable that these sections are extraordinarily well treated. However, the authors have also done quite an admirable job in treating the rest of the field: Big Bang nucleosynthesis, nuclear reaction rates, explosive nucleosynthesis and the synthesis of the heavy elements as well as the problems regarding the isotopic anomalies in the early solar system and the use of radioactive decay for estimating the age of the universe.
- OSTI ID:
- 5543047
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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