The Big Bang and Other Explosions in Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Big Bang and Other Explosions in Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics write by David N. Schramm. This book was released on 1996. The Big Bang and Other Explosions in Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume of important papers by one the world's leading astrophysicists provides a sweeping survey of the incisive and exciting applications of nuclear and particle physics to a wide range of problems in astrophysics and cosmology.The prime focus of the book is on Big Bang cosmology and the role of primordial nucleosynthesis in establishing the modern consensus on the Big Bang. This leads into the connection of cosmology to particle physics and the constraints put on various elementary particles by astrophysical arguments. Big Bang Nucleosynthesis has also led to the argument for nonbaryonic dark matter and is thus related to the major problem in physical cosmology today, namely, structure formation. The nuclear-particle interface with astrophysics also extends to the other topics of major interest such as the age of the universe, cosmic rays, supernovae, and solar neutrinos, each of which will be discussed in some detail. Each section contains historical papers, current papers, and frequently a popular article on the subject which provides an overview of the topic.This volume is testimony to the success of the integration of nuclear and particle physics with astrophysics and cosmology, and to the ingenuity of the work in this area which has earned the author numerous prestigious awards. The book, which is accessible to beginning graduate students, should be of particular interest to researchers and students in astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology and gravitation, and also in high energy and nuclear physics.
Supernovae and Nucleosynthesis
Supernovae and Nucleosynthesis - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Supernovae and Nucleosynthesis write by David Arnett. This book was released on 2020-11-10. Supernovae and Nucleosynthesis available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book investigates the question of how matter has evolved since its origin in the Big Bang, from the cosmological synthesis of hydrogen and helium to the generation of the complex set of nuclei that comprise our world and our selves. A central theme is the evolution of gravitationally contained thermonuclear reactors, otherwise known as stars. Our current understanding is presented systematically and quantitatively, by combining simple analytic models with new state-of-the-art computer simulations. The narrative begins with the clues (primarily the solar system abundance pattern), the constraining physics (primarily nuclear and particle physics), and the thermonuclear burning in the Big Bang itself. It continues with a step-by-step description of how stars evolve by nuclear reactions, a critical investigation of supernova explosion mechanisms and the formation of neutron stars and of black holes, and an analysis of how such explosions appear to astronomers (illustrated by comparison with recent observations). It concludes with a synthesis of these ideas for galactic evolution, with implications for nucleosynthesis in the first generation of stars and for the solar system abundance pattern. Emphasis is given to questions that remain open, and to active research areas that bridge the disciplines of astronomy, cosmochemistry, physics, and planetary and space science. Extensive references are given.
The Biggest Bangs
The Biggest Bangs - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Biggest Bangs write by Jonathan I. Katz. This book was released on 2002. The Biggest Bangs available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For over a quarter of a century, gamma-ray bursts were the outstanding mystery in astronomy. No one knew where they were or how they worked. The Biggest Bangs tells how the mystery was unraveled, from the discovery of gamma-ray bursts by a Cold War satellite system monitoring the Nuclear TestBan Treaty to the localization of bursts in distant galaxies and the observation of surprisingly bright flashes of light from the bursts themselves. The Biggest Bangs is for laymen with an interest in science, physicists and astronomers interested in subjects in those fields not their specialty,students in non-technical astonomy courses, and as supplemental reading for courses in the history of science.
The Vindication of the Big Bang
The Vindication of the Big Bang - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Vindication of the Big Bang write by Barry R. PARKER. This book was released on 2013-11-11. The Vindication of the Big Bang available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Genesis of the Big Bang
Genesis of the Big Bang - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Genesis of the Big Bang write by Ralph A. Alpher. This book was released on 2001-02-08. Genesis of the Big Bang available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The authors of this volume have been intimately connected with the conception of the Big Bang model since 1947. Following the late George Gamow's ideas in 1942 and more particularly in 1946 that the early universe was an appropriate site for the synthesis of the elements, they became deeply involved in the question of cosmic nucleosynthesis and particularly the synthesis of the light elements. In the course of this work they developed a general relativistic model of the expanding universe with physics folded in, which led in a progressive, logical sequence to our prediction of the existence of a present cosmic background radiation some seventeen years before the observation of such radiation was reported by Penzias and Wilson. In addition, they carried out with James W. Follin, Jr., a detailed study of the physics of what was then considered to be the very early universe, starting a few seconds after the Big Bang, which still provides a methodology for studies of light element nucleosynthesis. Because of their involvement, they bring a personal perspective to the subject. They present a picture of what is now believed to be the state of knowledge about the evolution of the expanding universe and delineate the story of the development of the Big Bang model as they have seen and lived it from their own unique vantage point.
