Cosmochemistry : the melting pot of the elements : XIII Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain, November 19-30, 2001 /

Cosmochemistry : the melting pot of the elements : XIII Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain, November 19-30, 2001 /

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Bibliographic Details
Meeting name:	Canary Islands Winter School on Astrophysics (13th : 2001 : Puerto de la Cruz, Canary Islands)
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 298 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge contemporary astrophysics Cambridge contemporary astrophysics.
Subject:	Cosmochemistry -- Congresses. Space sciences. SCIENCE -- Astronomy. Cosmochemistry. Space sciences. Astrochemie. Electronic book. Electronic books. Conference papers and proceedings.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11812578

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Other authors / contributors:	Esteban, César.
ISBN:	0511184816 9780511184819 0511185642 9780511185649 0511187467 9780511187469 052182768X 9780521827683 9780521169592 0521169593
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Print version record.
Summary:	The chemical composition of the Universe has evolved over billions of years. A host of astrophysical processes and observations must be understood in order to explain why celestial objects have the chemical compositions observed. Originally published in 2004, this book contains the lectures delivered at the XIII Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics, which was dedicated to reviewing current knowledge about the origin and evolution of the chemical elements in the Universe. Written by seven prestigious astrophysics researchers, it covers cosmological and stellar nucleosynthesis, abundance determinations in stars and ionised nebulae, chemical composition of nearby and distant galaxies, and models of chemical evolution of galaxies and intracluster medium. This is a timely review of developments in cosmochemistry over the last decade.
Other form:	Print version: Canary Islands Winter School on Astrophysics (13th : 2001 : Puerto de la Cruz, Canary Islands). Cosmochemistry. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004

Table of Contents:

Primordial alchemy: from the big bang to the present / G. Steigman.
Stellar nucleosynthesis / N. Langer.
Observational aspects of stellar nucleosynthesis / D.L. Lambert.
Abundance determinations in HII regions and planetary nebulae / G. Stasińska.
Element abundances in nearby galaxies / D.R. Garnett.
Chemical evolution of galaxies and intracluster medium / F. Matteucci.
Element abundances through the cosmic ages / M. Pettini.