Cosmochemistry : the melting pot of the elements : XIII Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain, November 19-30, 2001 /
The chemical composition of the Universe has evolved over billions of years. A host of astrophysical processes and observations must be understood in order to explain why celestial objects have the chemical compositions observed. Originally published in 2004, this book contains the lectures delivere...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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| Series: | Cambridge contemporary astrophysics.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=157942 |
| Summary: | The chemical composition of the Universe has evolved over billions of years. A host of astrophysical processes and observations must be understood in order to explain why celestial objects have the chemical compositions observed. Originally published in 2004, this book contains the lectures delivered at the XIII Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics, which was dedicated to reviewing current knowledge about the origin and evolution of the chemical elements in the Universe. 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. This is a timely review of developments in cosmochemistry over the last decade. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 298 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0511184816 9780511184819 0511185642 9780511185649 0511187467 9780511187469 052182768X 9780521827683 9780521169592 0521169593 |