Oxygen in the Universe

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910345969703321
• Autore: Stasinska G
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: EDP SCIENCES, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (392 p.)
• Collana: EAS publications series, , 1633-4760 ; ; v. 54
• Soggetti: Physics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "November 2011."; "First pages of all issues in the series and full-text articles in PDF format are available to registered users at: http://www.eas-journal.org."; "e-ISSN: 1638-1963"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-368) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: How to derive oxygen abundances -- A panorama of oxygen in the universe -- Oxygen production and destruction -- The evolution of oxygen in galaxies -- Appendix. The atomic physics of oxygen.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book, written by a group of specialists in the different areas involved, summarises what we understand of the production and distribution of oxygen, the most abundant metal in the Universe. After presenting the methods of oxygen abundance determination in various media, it traces a panorama of oxygen in the Universe, describes the mechanisms and sites of oxygen production and finally discusses the chemical evolution of oxygen in different galactic and extra galactic contexts. An appendix thoroughly discusses the oxygen atomic data.