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Part I The Role of Radioactivities in Astrophysics |
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1 Introduction to Astronomy with Radioactivity |
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1.1 The Origin of Radioactivity |
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1.2 The Processes of Radioactivity |
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1.3 Radioactivity and Cosmic Nucleosynthesis |
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1.4 Observations of Cosmic Radioactive Isotopes |
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1.5 The Structure of this Book |
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2 The Role of Radioactive Isotopes in Astrophysics |
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2.1 History of Nucleosynthesis and Radioactivity |
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2.2 Disciplines of Astronomy with Radioactivity |
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Part II Specific Sources of Cosmic Isotopes |
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3 Radioactivities in Low - and Intermediate-Mass Stars |
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3.2 The Production of Radioactive Nuclei in Stellar Interiors |
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3.3 Evolution To and Through the First Giant Branch |
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3.4 Evolution in the Double Shell Burning Phase |
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3.5 Neutron-Capture Nucleosynthesis in AGB Stars |
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3.6 Nucleosynthesis of Long-live Isotopes in AGB Stars |
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4 Massive Stars and Their Supernovae |
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4.1 Cosmic Significance of Massive Stars |
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4.2 Hydrostatic and Explosive Burning in Massive Stars |
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4.3 Evolution of Massive Stars up to Core Collapse |
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4.4 Supernovae from Massive Stars and the Role of Radioactivity |
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4.5 The Aftermath of Explosions |
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5 Binary Systems and Their Nuclear Explosions |
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5.1 Accretion onto Compact Objects and Thermonuclear Runaways |
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5.4 X-Ray Bursts and Superbursts |
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5.5 Observational Diagnostics of Binary-Systems |
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5.6 Accretion in Binaries: Special Cases |
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Part III Special Places to Observe Cosmic Isoltops |
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6.1 The Age of the Solar System |
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6.2 Short-Lived Radioactive Nuclei in the Early Solar System |
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6.3 Expected Conditons in the Eary Solar System |
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6.4 The Galactic Inheritance |
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6.5 Local Prodcution of Radioactive Nuclei |
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6.6 Short-Live Nuclei: In-Situ Production |
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6.7 Early Solar System Lessons |
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7 Distributed Radioactivities |
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7.1 The Role of Radioactivities |
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7.3 Processes in the Interstellar Medium: Mixing and Feedback |
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7.4 26Al in the Interstellar Medium |
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7.5 60Fe and Massive-Star Structure |
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7.6 44Ti and Galactic Core-Collapse Supernovae |
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7.7 Positrons and their Annihilation |
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7.8 Radioactivities in Cosmic Rays |
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7.9 Cosmic Star Formation and Supernova Rates |
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Part IV Tools for the Study of Radioactivities in Astrophysics |
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8 Computer-Modeling of Stars |
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8.1 Models of Core-Collapse Supernovae |
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8.2 Models of Ejecta for Nucleosynthetic Yield Prediction |
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9.1 Nuclear Reactions in Astrophysical Environments |
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9.2 Relevant Energy Range of Astrophysical Cross Sections |
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9.3 Nuclear Reaction Models |
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9.4 Experimental Facilities and Techniques |
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10 Instruments for Observations of Radioactivities |
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10.1 Astronomical Telescopes |
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10.2 Analyzing Material Samples From and Within Meteorites |
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10.3 Detection and Analysis of Cosmic Rays |
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507 | (3) |
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510 | (9) |
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519 | (6) |
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A Annotations on Chemical Evolution |
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525 | (14) |
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A.1 Chemical Evolution: Analytical Descriptions |
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525 | (4) |
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A.2 Complexities in Descriptions of Chemicalk Evolution |
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529 | (7) |
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536 | (3) |
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B Radionuclides and Their Stellar Origins |
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539 | (10) |
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546 | (3) |
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C Milestones in the Science of Cosmic Radioactivities |
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549 | (4) |
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D Glossary: Key Terms in Astronomy with Radioactivities |
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| Index |
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