Published May 9, 2014 | Version v1
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Abundance measurements in stellar environments

Creators

  • 1. Università di Catania, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Sezione Astrofisica, Via S. Sofia 78, 95123 Catania (Italy)

Description

Most of what we know about stars, and systems of stars, is derived from the analysis of their electromagnetic radiation. This lesson is an attempt to describe to Physicists, without any Astrophysical background, the framework to understand the present status of abundance determination in stellar environments and its limit. These notes are dedicated to the recently passed, November 21, 2013, Prof. Dimitri Mihalas who spent his life confuting the 19th century positivist philosopher Auguste Comte who stated that we shall not at all be able to determine the chemical composition of stars

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.4875292;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
1595
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 69-75
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
7. European summer school on experimental nuclear astrophysics
Dates
15-17 Sep 2013
Place
Santa Tecla, Sicily (Italy)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
45101771
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ASTROPHYSICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENT ABUNDANCE; STARS
Descriptors DEC
ABUNDANCE; PHYSICS; RADIATIONS

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