Universe Evolution

Astrophysical & Nuclear Aspects

Leonid Blokhintsev (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

537 Seiten

2013
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-62808-545-7 (ISBN)

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This book is a natural follow-up and extension of the recent publication "The Big Bang: Theory, Assumptions & Problems", (Eds: O'Connell and Hale, 2012, Nova Publications). The authors of the present work deliver an account of current research on the subject of the astrophysical and nuclear physics aspects of the evolution of the universe. They present a general overview of both the theoretical and experimental knowledge of nuclear physics and astrophysics necessary for the understanding of stellar structure and evolution of stars and galaxies. This account is followed by a discussion of different types of reaction mechanism (transfer, capture and photonuclear) that is further illustrated by appropriate examples. Two- and three-body approaches are among the topics that are addressed and discussed here. The book contains a comprehensive overview of neutron star gamma ray bursts and of pulsar-wind nebulae. The final chapter is devoted to an account of the contributions of the scientific polymath George Gamow to physical cosmology and astrophysics, much of which was based on the foundational work of the pioneers of the physics of stellar structure and evolution, Arthur Eddington, Ralph Fowler, and Subramanian Chandrasekhar.

Preface; Nuclear Reactions in Stars: Theoretical & Experimental Aspects; The Thermal & Astrophysical Neutron Capture on Light Nuclei in Potential Cluster Model with Forbidden States; Photonuclear Reactions & Astrophysics; Astrophysical Aspects of Photonuclear Reactions in Dynamic Potential Cluster Model; Understanding Radiative-Capture Reactions at Very Low Energies; Modified Two- & Three-Body Approaches, Asymptotic Normalization Coefficients & Their Application for Nuclear-Astrophysics; Three Nucleon Forces & Some Aspects of Nuclear Astrophysics; Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars: The Interplay between Nuclear Physics & Astrophysics; Modern Energy Density Functional for Nuclei & the Nuclear Matter Equation of State; Pulsar-Wind Nebulae as a Dominant Population of Galactic VHE Sources; Gamma-Ray Bursts: The Most Relativistic Cosmic Explosions; The Universe Evolution - Global Astrophysical Properties; Dynamical Evolution of Binary Gravitating Systems with Variable Mass; A Tale of George Gamow, Who Brought Nuclear Physics to Astrophysics; Index.

Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	180 x 260 mm
Gewicht	1178 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik
ISBN-10	1-62808-545-2 / 1628085452
ISBN-13	978-1-62808-545-7 / 9781628085457
Zustand	Neuware