Nuclear astrophysics review
Nuclear astrophysics: the unfinished quest for the origin of the elements,
by J. Jose and C. Iliadis
Rep. Prog. Phys. 74 (2011) 096901 (48pp)
A new review by scientists from EuroGENESIS CRP EXNUC in Reports on Progress in Physics provides comprehensive insight into the nuclear history of the Universe and related topics: starting from the Big Bang, when the ashes from the primordial explosion were transformed to hydrogen, helium and a few trace elements, to the rich variety of nucleosynthesis mechanisms and sites in the Universe. Particular attention is paid to the hydrostatic processes governing the evolution of low-mass stars, red giants and asymptotic giant-branch stars, as well as to the explosive nucleosynthesis occurring in core-collapse and thermonuclear supernovae, γ -ray bursts, classical novae, x-ray bursts, superbursts and stellar mergers.
