Published July 2013 | Version v1
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A brief introduction to nuclear astrophysics

Creators

  • 1. School of Physics and Nuclear Energy Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing (China)
  • 2. Center for Nuclear Astrophysics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai (China)
  • 3. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (United States)

Description

A brief introduction to the important interdisciplinary field of nuclear astrophysics is given. With a number of results recognized by the Nobel Prize in Physics as a guide, the progress and challenges are described mainly for the big bang cosmology, solar neutrinos, stellar evolution and its end points, as well as nuclear physics and the origin of the elements. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Wuli
Journal Volume
42
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 468-483
ISSN
0379-4148

INIS

Country of Publication
China
Country of Input or Organization
China
INIS RN
47112118
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ASTROPHYSICS; COSMOLOGY; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; ORIGIN; SOLAR NEUTRINOS; STAR EVOLUTION
Descriptors DEC
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EVOLUTION; FERMIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; NEUTRINOS; PHYSICS; RADIATIONS; SOLAR PARTICLES; SOLAR RADIATION; STELLAR RADIATION

Optional Information

Notes
7 figs., 1 tab., 36 refs.