Nuclear astrophysics background -- The instruments used to study astrophysics -- Nuclear basics of nuclear astrophysics -- Stellar basics of nuclear astrophysic

Studies in nucleosynthesis and nuclear astrophysics are highly interdisciplinary, encompassing such fields as nuclear physics, stellar structure and evolution,

Describes how the processes in stars which produce the chemical elements for planets and life may be reproduced in laboratories.

Along with classic papers byFowler, Hoyle, and the Burbidges,this work stands as a key foundationin the development of nuclear astrophysics. Long out ofprint an

In this volume the physics involved in various astrophysical processes like the synthesis of light and heavier elements, explosive burning processes, core colla