Supernovae and Nucleosynthesis:
An Investigation of the History of Matter, from the Big Bang to the Present
David Arnett

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

	List of Figures
	List of Tables
	Preface
1	Introduction	1
2	Abundances of Nuclei	4
3	Some Aspects of Nuclear Physics	48
4	Nuclear Reaction Networks	92
5	Cosmological Nucleosynthesis	118
6	Some Properties of Stars	146
7	Hydrogen-Burning Stars	182
8	Helium-Burning Stars	222
9	Explosive Nucleosynthesis	249
10	Neutrino-Cooled Stars	284
11	Thermonuclear Explosions	324
12	Gravitational Collapse	381
13	Supernovae	414
14	Galactic Evolution	459
	App. A Solar System Abundances	519
	App. B Equations of State	532
	App. C Stellar Structure	548
	App. D Supernova Light Curves	558
	References	573
	Index	595

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