Cosmochemistry

Informationen zum Autor Cesar Esteban is a lecturer in the Department of Astrophysics! and researcher at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias. Ramon Garcia Lopez is a lecturer in the Department of Astrophysics! and researcher at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias. Artemio Herreo is a lecturer in the Department of Astrophysics! and researcher at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias. Francisco Sanchez is Director of the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias. Klappentext A timely 2004 review of developments in cosmochemistry over the last decade. Zusammenfassung This timely 2004 review of developments in cosmochemistry over the last decade is written by seven prestigious astrophysics researchers. It covers cosmological and stellar nucleosynthesis! abundance determinations in stars and ionised nebulae! chemical composition of nearby and distant galaxies! and models of chemical evolution of galaxies and intracluster medium. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Primordial alchemy: from the Big Bang to the present Universe G. Steigman; 2. Stellar nucleosynthesis N. Langer; 3. Obervational aspects of stellar nucleosynthesis D. L. Lambert; 4. Abundance determinations in HII regions and planetary nebulae G. Stasinska; 5. Element abundances in nearby galaxies D. R. Garnett; 6. Chemical evolution of galaxies and intracluster medium F.Matteucci; 7. Element abundances through the cosmic ages M. Pettini.

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• Authors: Cesar Esteban, et al
• Assisted by: C. Esteban (Editor), R. J. Garcia Lopez (Editor), R. J. García López (Editor), A. Herrero (Editor), F. Sanchez (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2004
• EAN: 9780521827683
• ISBN: 978-0-521-82768-3
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 255 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Cambridge Contemporary Astroph; Cambridge Contemporary Astroph
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Miscellaneous