Nuclear astrophysics

Book · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:7252202

Hillebrandt, W; Kuhfuss, R; Muller, E; Truran, J

The recent discovery of a type II supervova in the Large Magellanic Cloud provides a rare chance to compare models of stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis directly with observations. This book covers thermonuclear reaction rates in chaos (experimental and theoretical), stellar evolution, nucleosynthesis and isotopic anomalies in meteorites and, in a final section, the supernovae, in particular SN 1987A. Special emphasis is placed on experimental and theoretical approaches to obtaining the nuclear reaction rates, models of stellar evolution and explosions, and theories of nucleosynthesis. Various aspects of stellar evolution, nucleosynthesis, and thermonuclear reactions of astrophysical interest are reviewed. Several contributions deal with supernova explosions of massive stars, and in particular with Supernovae 1987A and its impact on current models of the evolution of massive stars, the gravitational collapse of stellar cores, and neutrino physics and astronomy.

• OSTI ID: 7252202
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ABSTRACTS
ASTROPHYSICS
DATA
DOCUMENT TYPES
ERUPTIVE VARIABLE STARS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GALAXIES
INFORMATION
LEADING ABSTRACT
MAGELLANIC CLOUDS
NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
NUMERICAL DATA
REVIEWS
STAR EVOLUTION
STARS
SUPERNOVAE
SYNTHESIS
THEORETICAL DATA
VARIABLE STARS