Searching for the oldest stars : : ancient relics from the early universe /

• Material Type: 図書
• ISBN: 0691165068 (hbk. : acid-free paper); 9780691165066 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
• Title: Searching for the oldest stars : : ancient relics from the early universe /
• Publication, Distribution, etc.: Princeton : : Princeton University Press,
• Publication Date: [2015],
• Extent: xiii, 302 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : ; 25 cm
• Contributor: Anna Frebel ; translated by Ann M. Hentschel.
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Text Lang. Code: ger
• NDC 10th ed.: 443 : Fixed stars
• Target Audience: 一般
• Note (General): Preface -- An introductory remark -- 1. What is stellar archaeology? The first minutes after the Big Bang ; Stellar archaeology -- 2. Two centuries of pursuing stars. First glimpses of stellar rainbows ; Decoding starlight ; A new perspective of the cosmos ; Looking into the hearts of stars ; Modern alchemy ; The foundation of cosmology ; The origin of the elements -- 3. Stars, stars, more stars. The cycle of matter in the universe ; Astronomers and their metals ; Element nucleosynthesis in the cosmic kitchen ; Stellar diversity -- 4. Stellar evolution : from birth to death. Sorting stars ; A protostar forms ; The evolution of a low-mass star ; The evolution of a massive star ; Supernovae and supernova remnants ; Preliminary thoughts about working with metal-poor stars -- 5. Neutron-capture processes and the heaviest elements. How neon lamps relate to giant stars : element synthesis in the s-process ; Thorium, uranium, and r-process element synthesis ; Cosmo-chronometry : the oldest stars ; Nuclear astrophysics -- 6. Welcome to our Milky Way. A milky way above us ; The Milky Way's structure ; Dwarf galaxies ; Star clusters ; Naming stars -- 7. Tales told by light. A little lexicon of light ; Spectroscopy : deciphering starlight ; Element abundance analyses of stars ; The largest telescopes in the world ; Three steps toward success ; Observations with MIKE -- 8. Let's go observe some stars! Going stargazing ; Good-weather beer ; A sunset ; The observa-thon ; One hundred and five stars per night ; Computers, computers... ; Tested by fire -- 9. The chemical evolution of the early universe. The first stars in the universe ; The family of metal-poor stars ; The most iron-poor stars ; The cosmic chemical evolution -- 10. Finding the oldest stars. Pursuing metal-poor stars ; Bright metal-poor stars ; Mt. Stromlo succumbs to bushfires ; The discovery of a record-breaking most iron-poor star ; The astronomical community -- 11. At the end of a cosmic journey. Cosmological simulations ; Where do metal-poor stars come from? ; Expectations of future surveys ; The next generation of giant telescopes ; Little diamonds in the sky.; Translation of: Auf der Suche nach den ältesten Sternen. 2012.
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• Bibliographic ID (SomokuID): 1352020986; 7107573398
• OCLC No.: 2015948026; https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2015948026; (OCoLC)928634702; https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/(OCoLC)928634702