Stellar Explosions: Hydrodynamics and Nucleosynthesis

by Jordi Jose

Stars are the main factories of element production in the universe through a suite of complex and intertwined physical processes. Such stellar alchemy is driven by multiple nuclear interactions that through eons have transformed the pristine, metal-poor ashes leftover by the Big Bang into a cosmos with 100 distinct chemical species. The products of stellar nucleosynthesis frequently get mixed inside stars by convective transport or through hydrodynamic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367575159
• ISBN13: 9780367575151
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 10.0"