Biostatistics for medical and biomedical practitioners / / Julien I. E. Hoffman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910296980303321
• Autore: Hoffman Julien I. E. <1925->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, England : , : Academic Press, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 0-12-802607-3; 0-12-802387-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (0 p.)
• Disciplina: 570.15195
• Soggetti: Biometry - Methodology; Biometry - Research
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Supernovae, neutron star physics and nucleosynthesis / / Debades Bandyopadhyay and Kamales Kar

• Record Nr.: UNISA996466839903316
• Autore: Bandyopadhyay Debades
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer International Publishing, , [2022]; ©2022
• ISBN: 3-030-95171-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (221 pages)
• Collana: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
• Disciplina: 523.01
• Soggetti: Astrophysics; Astrophysics - Data processing
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Acronyms -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theory of Supernova Explosions -- 2.1 Overview: Historical -- 2.2 Supernova Type Ia -- 2.3 Gravitational Collapse and Pre-supernova Conditions -- 2.4 Production of Neutrinos and Their Emission -- 2.5 Shock Wave Formation and Its Eventual Stalling -- 2.6 The Revival of the Shock Wave- the Neutrino Mechanism -- 2.7 Multi-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Simulations and the Present Scenario -- 2.8 The Supernova SN1987A -- 2.9 Detection of Neutrinos from Future Supernova Events -- References -- 3 Neutron Stars -- 3.1 History and Discovery of Neutron Stars -- 3.2 Observational Constraints on Neutron Stars -- 3.2.1 Mass -- 3.2.2 Radius -- 3.2.3 Moment of Inertia -- 3.3 Compositions and Novel Phases of Neutron Stars-Crust to Core -- 3.4 Equation of State Models of Neutron Star Matter -- 3.4.1 Microscopic Models -- 3.4.2 Chiral Effective Field Theory Models -- 3.4.3 Phenomenological Models -- 3.4.4 EoS Models of Matter at Sub-saturation Density -- 3.4.4.1 Baym-Pethick-Sutherland Model of Outer Crust -- 3.4.4.2 EoS Models of Inner Crust -- 3.4.4.3 Extended Nuclear Statistical Equilibrium Model -- 3.5 Relativistic Field Theoretical Models for Dense Matter at Zero and Finite Temperatures -- 3.5.1 Relativistic Mean Field Models -- 3.5.1.1 Hyperon-Hyperon Interaction -- 3.5.2 Bose-Einstein Condensates of (Anti)kaons -- 3.5.3 Quark Matter -- 3.5.3.1 Unpaired Quark Matter -- 3.5.3.2 Color Superconductivity in ; Quark Matter -- 3.5.3.3 Nambu-Jona-Lasinio Model for Quark Matter -- 3.5.4 Density Dependent Hadronic Field Theory at Finite Temperature -- 3.5.5 Antikaon Condensation at Finite Temperature -- 3.5.6 Nuclear Physics Constraints on EoS -- 3.6 Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff Equation and Structures of Neutron Stars -- 3.7 Stable Branch of Compact Stars Beyond Neutron Star Branch.; 3.8 Rotating Neutron Stars, Moment of Inertia and Quadrupole Moment -- 3.8.1 Slowly Rotating Neutron Stars -- 3.8.2 Fully Relativistic, Nonlinear Models of Rapidly Rotating Neutron Stars -- 3.9 Neutron Star Matter in Strongly Quantizing Magnetic Fields -- 3.9.1 Magnetized Neutron Star Crusts -- 3.9.2 Dense Matter in Strong Magnetic Fields -- 3.10 EoS Tables for Supernova and Binary Neutron Star Merger Simulations -- Appendix 1 -- References -- 4 Binary Neutron Star Mergers -- 4.1 Gravitational Waves as New Window into Neutron Stars -- 4.2 First Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817 and Multimessenger Astrophysics -- 4.3 Tidal Deformability, Love Number, and EoS -- 4.4 I-Love-Q Universal Relations -- 4.5 Inspiral Phase of BNS Merger, Tidal Deformability, and Cold EoS -- 4.6 Neutron Star Radius Determination from Tidal Deformability -- 4.7 Hot and Neutrino-Trapped Merger Remnants and Finite Temperature EoSs -- 4.7.1 Fate of BNS Merger Remnants -- 4.7.2 Upper Bound on Maximum Mass of Neutron Stars from GW170817 -- 4.7.3 Finite Temperature EoSs and Imprints of Exotic Matter in GW Signals -- References -- 5 Synthesis of Heavy Elements in the Universe -- 5.1 Different Modes of Nucleosynthesis: The s-, the r-, and the p-Processes -- 5.1.1 The s-Process -- 5.1.2 The r-Process -- 5.1.3 The p-Process -- 5.2 Conditions for Production of Elements by the r-Process and the Sites -- 5.2.1 The Waiting-Point Nuclei -- 5.2.2 Fission Cycling -- 5.2.3 Freeze-Out -- 5.2.4 Conditions Needed for the r-Process -- 5.2.5 The Collapse of Massive Stars as Site for the r-Process -- 5.2.6 Neutron Star-Neutron Star/Black Hole Merger as Site for the r-Process -- 5.3 Inputs for Nuclear Modelling of the r-Process -- 5.3.1 Nuclear Masses/Binding Energies -- 5.3.2 Beta Decay Rates -- 5.3.3 Neutron Capture Rates.; 5.4 Electromagnetic Counterpart of GW170817 and Ejected Matter in BNS Merger -- 5.5 Decompression of Ejected Neutron-Rich Matter in Lattimer and Schramm Model -- 5.6 Kilonova Model -- 5.7 Heavy Element Synthesis in Neutron-Rich Matter Ejected in GW170817 -- References -- Index.