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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817988103321

Autore

Lugaro Maria

Titolo

Stardust from meteorites : an introduction to Presolar Grains / / Maria Lugaro

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Jersey ; ; London, : World Scientific, 2005

ISBN

1-281-90584-4

9786611905842

981-270-348-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Collana

World Scientific series in astronomy and astrophysics ; ; v. 9

Disciplina

523.1125

523.51

Soggetti

Cosmic grains

Interstellar matter

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.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Contents; 1 . Meteoritic Presolar Grains and Their Significance; 2 . Basics of Stellar Nucleosynthesis; 3 . Laboratory Analysis of Presolar Grains; 4 . The Origin of Presolar Sic Grains; 5 . Heavy Elements in Presolar SiC Grains; 6 . Diamond, Graphite and Oxide Grains; Appendix A Glossary; Appendix B Solutions to Exercises; Appendix C Selected Books and Reviews for Quick Reference; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The study of presolar meteoritic grains is a new inter-disciplinary field that brings together topics from nuclear physics to astronomy and chemistry. Traditionally, most of the information about the cosmos has been gathered by observing light through telescopes. However, with the recent discovery that some dust grains extracted from primitive meteorites were produced in stellar environments, we now have the opportunity to gather information about stars and our Galaxy from the laboratory analysis of tiny pieces of stardust. Stellar grains represent a unique and fascinating subject of study. Th