Volume

Carlo de Carolis

Stellar Nucleosynthesis

Origin and evolution of chemical elements in the universe

Year
2026
Disciplines
astrophysicsnuclear physicscosmology
Level
Intermediate
Status
Continuous review
Version
0.1.2
License
CC BY-SA 4.0
Contents
12 chapters
  1. 00 Preface A map for the reader
  2. 01 Introduction and history of the discipline Why chemical elements exist, from Eddington to B²FH and beyond
  3. 02 Nuclear foundations, primordial nucleosynthesis and LiBeB Reactions, BBN, and the spallation origin of lithium, beryllium, boron
  4. 03 Stellar evolution and hydrostatic burning From stellar structure to the race toward iron
  5. 04 AGB stars, s-process and presolar grains Thermal pulses, slow neutron capture, the meteoritic archive
  6. 05 Supernovae, p-process, novae and X-ray bursts Thermonuclear and core-collapse explosions, accretion-driven nucleosynthesis
  7. 06 Neutron-star mergers and the r-process Kilonovae, GW170817 and rapid neutron capture
  8. 07 Cosmic abundances and galactic chemical evolution Measurement, model, history of the Milky Way
  9. 08 Open frontiers What we still don’t know — and why it is worth looking for
  10. A Chart of the Nuclides Nuclear data reference
  11. B Glossary Terms and abbreviations in stellar nucleosynthesis
  12. BIB Bibliography Cited sources and further reading