Stars as laboratories for fundamental physics : the astrophysics of neutrinos, axions, and other weakly interacting particles / Georg G. Raffelt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raffelt, Georg G.

Series:

Theoretical astrophysics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neutrino astrophysics.

Particles (Nuclear physics).

Physical Description:

xxii, 664 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago, 1996.

Summary:

The first extended work of its kind, Stars as Laboratories for Fundamental Physics stands at the intersection of two burgeoning fields: astrophysics and particle physics. Georg Raffelt, one of the world's leading researchers in this area, describes what the study of stars reveals about fundamental particle interactions.

Raffelt presents the many uses of stellar astrophysics for research in basic particle physics, focusing primarily on the properties and nongravitational interactions of elementary particles. Graphs and figures throughout the text model the explanations.

Much of this material has not been covered previously in the textbook literature on particle astrophysics, which examines mainly the early universe, neutrino physics, or cosmic rays. Stars as Laboratories for Fundamental Physics will interest particle physicists, astrophysicists, and cosmologists both as an introduction to stars as sources for weakly interacting particles and as a reference text.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0226702715

0226702723

OCLC:

33103923