Primordial Nuclei and Their Galactic Evolution

by Nikos Prantzos (Editor), Monica Tosi (Editor), Rudolf von Steiger (Editor)

Overview

This volume gives a comprehensive overview of current knowledge about the light nuclei created in the Hot Early Universe: H, D, 3He, 4He, and 7Li. It combines observational and theoretical results on the early Universe, the distant galaxies, our Milky Way, the local interstellar cloud, and the solar nebula. The implications for cosmology, galactic and stellar evolution, dark matter research etc. are outlined and directions of future research are indicated.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792351146
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Publication date:	08/28/1998
Series:	Space Sciences Series of ISSI Series , #4
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.81(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword. I: Early Universe. II: Extragalactic Objects. III: Low-Z Stars. IV: Galactic Disk, Galactic Evolution. V: Solar Nebula. VI: Local Interstellar Medium. Epilogue. Author Index.

Editorial Reviews

Thirty papers provide an overview of the current understanding about the creation of the nuclei of the featherweight elements hydrogen, helium, and lithium in the Hot Early Universe. They combine observational and theoretical results on the early universe, the distant galaxies, our own Milky Way, the local interstellar cloud, and the solar nebula. They also consider implications of the findings for cosmology, galactic and stellar evolution, research into dark matter, and other areas of interest. Among the topics are the big-bang nucleosynthesis and the density of baryons in the universe, the primordial helium-4 abundance from observations of a large sample of blue compact dwarf galaxies, the low metallicity tail of the halo metallicity distribution function, the chemical evolution of the Milky Way disk, and deuterium observations in the galaxy. No subject index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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