Primordial and Stellar Nucleosynthesis Chemical Evolution of Galaxies

Following a brief introduction to early Universe cosmology, we present in some detail the results of primordial nucleosynthesis. Then we summarize the basic theory of nuclear reactions in stars and sketch the general rules of stellar evolution. We shortly review the subject of supernova explosions b...

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Published inAIP conference proceedings Vol. 1213; no. 1
Main Author Chiosi, Cesare
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.01.2010
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ABUNDANCE
ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY
BINARY STARS
COSMOLOGY
DWARF STARS
ELEMENT ABUNDANCE
ERUPTIVE VARIABLE STARS
EVOLUTION
FIELD THEORIES
GALAXIES
GRAND UNIFIED THEORY
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
PARTICLE MODELS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
R PROCESS
STAR EVOLUTION
STARS
SUPERNOVAE
SYNTHESIS
UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
UNIVERSE
VARIABLE STARS
WHITE DWARF STARS
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Summary:Following a brief introduction to early Universe cosmology, we present in some detail the results of primordial nucleosynthesis. Then we summarize the basic theory of nuclear reactions in stars and sketch the general rules of stellar evolution. We shortly review the subject of supernova explosions both by core collapse in massive stars (Type II) and carbon-deflagration in binary systems when one of the components is a White Dwarf accreting mass from the companion (Type Ia). We conclude the part dedicated to nucleosynthesis with elementary notions on the s- and r-process. Finally, we shortly address the topic of galactic chemical evolution and highlight some simple solutions aimed at understanding the main observational data on abundances and abundance ratios.
ISSN:0094-243X
1551-7616
DOI:10.1063/1.3362605