Principles and Perspectives in Cosmochemistry

Lecture Notes of the Kodai School on 'Synthesis of Elements in Stars' held at Kodaikanal Observatory, India, April 29 - May 13, 2008

440 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

A fundamental question in contemporary astrophysics is the origin of the elements. Cosmochemistry seeks to answer when, how and where the chemical elements arose. Quantitative answers to these fundamental questions require a multi-disciplinary approach involving stellar evolution, explosive nucleosynthesis and nuclear reactions in different astrophysical environments. There remain, however, many outstanding problems and cosmochemistry remains a fertile area of research. This book is among the first in recent times to put together the essentials of cosmochemistry, combining contributions from leading astrophysicists in the field. The chapters have been organized to provide a clear description of the fundamentals, an introduction to modern techniques such as computational modelling, and glimpses of outstanding issues.

• Reihe: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings
• Themen: Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik
• ISBN: 9783642263026
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 04.05.2012
• Größe: 23.5 x 15.5 cm
• Verlag: Springer Berlin
• Herausgegeben von: Aruna Goswami, B. Eswar Reddy