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Cosmic evolution : on the occasion of the 60th birthdays of Jean Audouze and James W. Truran : Institut d'astrophysique de Paris, 13-17 November 2000 / editors, Elisabeth Vangioni-Flam, Roger Ferlet, Martin Lemoine.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cosmic abundances--Congresses.
- Cosmic abundances.
- Cosmochemistry--Congresses.
- Cosmochemistry.
- Light elements--Congresses.
- Light elements.
- Nuclear astrophysics--Congresses.
- Nuclear astrophysics.
- Nucleosynthesis--Congresses.
- Nucleosynthesis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (372 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore ; River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, c2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is the proceedings of an international conference on the evolution of matter in the Universe, with emphasis on the following topics: big bang nucleosynthesis, cosmic ray nucleosynthesis, stellar nucleosynthesis, galactic chemical and dynamical evolution, and evolution with redshift and cosmic chemical evolution in general.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; PREFACE; FORTY YEARS OF NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS OF LIGHT ELEMENTS; 1 The origin of lithium, beryllium, and boron; 2 The origin of deuterium and helium-3.; 3 Galactic evolution models; Part 1. Cosmology and Big-bangNucleosynthesis; HIGH-ENERGY GAMMA-RAYS AS AN INDIRECT SIGNATURE OF SUPERSYMMETRIC DARK MATTER; 1 A few introductory remarks.; 2 High-energy photons.; 3 Discussion and future prospects.; References; EXTRACTION OF COSMOLOGICAL PARAMETERS FROM COSMIC BACKGROUND PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ANISOTROPIES; 1 A Survey of Cosmological Parameters; 1.1 Single Fluid, Homogeneous Cosmologies
- 1.2 CMB and the Hubble Constant1.3 CMB and Omega; References; GALACTIC WINDS AT HIGH REDSHIFT AND SMALLS CALE CMB ANISOTROPY; 1 Introduction; 2 CMB distortion from winds; 2.1 Modelling the ensemble of galactic outflows; 2.2 Distortion of the CMB background; 3 Results and discussions; Acknowledgments; References; DETERMINATION OF THE COSMOLOGICAL PARAMETERS USING THE CMB RADIATION; 1 The H0 - to and H0 - η diagrams; References; BIG BANG NUCLEOSYNTHESIS; 1 Introduction; 2 Data; 2.1 4He; 2.2 7Li; 3 Concordance; Acknowledgments; References; BIG-BANG NUCLEOSYNTHESIS WITH THE NACRE COMPILATION
- ReferencesISSUES IN NON-STANDARD BIG BANG NUCLEOSYNTHESIS; Acknowledgments; References; LEPTON ASYMMETRIC UNIVERSE: NEW LIMITS FROM BBN AND THE CMB; Part 2. Origin and Evolution of the Light Elements; D / H MEASUREMENTS; 1 Introduction; 2 Interstellar observations; 3 The nearby ISM; 4 The FUSE observatory; 5 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; A NEW MEASUREMENT OF THE PRIMORDIAL D /H RATIOIN THE INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM: HS 0105+1619; 1 Introduction; 2 HS 0105+1619; 2.1 The Hydrogen; 2.2 The Deuterium; 2.3 Metal Lines; 3 New Values for D/H & Cosmological Parameters; Acknowledgments
- ReferencesA D /H measurement in the damped Lya system at zabs = 3.025 towards QSO 0347-3819; 1 Introduction; References; DEUTERIUM NEAR AND FAR IN THE GALAXY; THE OBSERVATIONAL DETERMINATION OF THE PRIMORDIAL HELIUM ABUNDANCE: A Y2K STATUS REPORT; 1 Background; 2 Recent Progress; 3 Current Concerns; 4 Forward Look; Acknowledgments; References; THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF 3-HELIUM; 1 Prolog; 2 Status of the Observational Program; 3 Summary; Acknowledgments; References; GALACTIC EVOLUTION OF D AND 3HE; 1 D and 3He one year later; Acknowledgements; References; THE ENIGMA OF 3HE; References
- LI /H MEASUREMENTS IN STARS1 Lithium in very young stars; 2 Lithium in evolved stars; 3 Lithium in halo stars; 4 The connection with cosmology: abundance of Li in the ISM at the birth of the star; 5 conclusion; References; ASTROPHYSICAL RELEVANCE OF HOT BOTTOMBURNING IN AGB; 1 Introduction; 2 Our recent studies on HBB - AGB stars; 3 ON cycling in HBB and the self-pollution model for GCs; References; LITHIUM ISOTOPE RATIOS IN METAL-POOR HALO STARS; 1 Introduction; 2 Observations and Analysis; 3 Preliminary Results; References; LITHIUM ALONG THE AGB OF LMC CLUSTERS; 1 The AGB stars of NGC 1866
- References
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-85065-6
- 981-281-083-8
- OCLC:
- 821180473
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