| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 466 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Previous edition: 1997. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-452) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction and overview -- Thermonuclear reactions -- Cosmic abundances of elements and isotopes -- Cosmological nucleosynthesis and abundances of light elements -- Outline of stellar structure and evolution -- Neutron capture processes -- Galactic chemical evolution : basic concepts and issues -- Some specific GCE models and related observational data -- Origin and evolution of light elements -- Radioactive cosmochronology -- Chemical evolution in other sorts of galaxies -- Cosmic chemical evolution and diffuse background radiation -- Appendix 1: Some historical landmarks -- Appendix 2: Some physical and astronomical constants -- Appendix 3: Time-dependent perturbation theory and transition probabilities -- Appendix 4: Polytropic stellar models -- Appendix 5: Dissipation and abundance gradients -- Appendix 6: Hints for problems. |
| Summary |
Pagel introduces a broad spectrum of astrophysics topics, from thermonuclear reactions and cosmological element production to abundance measurements in astronomical sources, nucleosynthesis, light element production by cosmic rays and stellar evolution. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Galaxies -- Evolution.
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Galaxies -- Evolution. |
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Cosmochemistry.
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Cosmochemistry. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pagel, B.E.J. (Bernard Ephraim Julius). Nucleosynthesis and chemical evolution of galaxies. 2nd ed. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2009 9780521840309 (DLC) 2009419403 (OCoLC)258082983 |
| ISBN |
9781139129138 (electronic book) |
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1139129139 (electronic book) |
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9780511506512 (ebook) |
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0511506511 (ebook) |
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9780511504372 (ebook ; ebrary) |
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0511504373 (ebook ; ebrary) |
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9780511812170 (electronic book) |
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0511812175 (electronic book) |
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9780521840309 |
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0521840309 |
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