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Searching for the Oldest Stars: Ancient Relics from the Early Universe [Kietas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Hardback, 320 pages, aukštis x plotis: 235x152 mm, weight: 680 g, 51 color illus. 5 halftones. 57 line illus. 8 tables.
  • Išleidimo metai: 17-Nov-2015
  • Leidėjas: Princeton University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0691165068
  • ISBN-13: 9780691165066
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  • Formatas: Hardback, 320 pages, aukštis x plotis: 235x152 mm, weight: 680 g, 51 color illus. 5 halftones. 57 line illus. 8 tables.
  • Išleidimo metai: 17-Nov-2015
  • Leidėjas: Princeton University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0691165068
  • ISBN-13: 9780691165066
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Astronomers study the oldest observable stars in the universe in much the same way that archaeologists study ancient artifacts on Earth. Here, Anna Frebel--who is credited with discovering several of the oldest and most primitive stars using the world's largest telescopes--takes readers into the far-flung depths of space and time to provide a gripping firsthand account of the cutting-edge science of stellar archaeology.

Weaving the latest findings in astronomy with her own compelling insights as one of the world's leading researchers in the field, Frebel explains how sections of the night sky are "excavated" in the hunt for these extremely rare relic stars--some of which have been shining for more than 13 billion years--and how this astonishing quest is revealing tantalizing new details about the earliest times in the universe. She vividly describes how the very first stars formed soon after the big bang and then exploded as supernovae, leaving behind chemical fingerprints that were incorporated into the ancient stars we can still observe today. She shows how these fingerprints provide clues to the cosmic origin of the elements, early star and galaxy formation, and the assembly process of the Milky Way. Along the way, Frebel recounts her own stories of discovery, offering an insider's perspective on this exciting frontier of science.

Lively and accessible, this book sheds vital new light on the origins and evolution of the cosmos while providing a unique look into life as an astronomer.

Recenzijos

"[ Anna Frebel] makes this crash course in astronomy accessible to stargazers of all knowledge levels... Woven through the science are personal anecdotes from Frebel, which give the impression of a face-to-face lesson with a favorite professor... Frebel offers a handy learning tool for fledgling astronomers and a fascinating, enjoyable look into her own research."--Publishers Weekly "Frebel's narrative provides a rich picture of the understandings astronomers have gleaned from studying the elements in stars. We are gradually developing a picture of how the elements evolved from the earliest moments of the Big Bang and how these elements were distributed through our Milky Way galaxy, eventually forming the solar system we inhabit today."--Laurence A. Marschall, Natural History "Frebel presents a gripping account of astronomy and the thrill of scientific discovery, making a complex subject accessible to general readers."--Dave Pugl, Library Journal "Edifying, engaging, and ever more reason to be humbled by the starry night, [ Searching for the Oldest Stars] is a delight."--Matt Sutherland, Foreword Reviews "One of the glories of astrophysics is the way it combines real-world uselessness with mind-blowing effects on human consciousness. Here, Searching For The Oldest Stars shines. Frebel deals with the evolution of scientific thinking on the nature of the universe, the formation of ideas on how to identify such stars, and the wearisome but hopeful search for individual examples, with real descriptive power... But good popular exposition of specialized knowledge is not that rare--the core of Frebel's book, and the source of its appeal, is the joy it conveys."--Brian Bethune, Maclean's "[ Frebel] offers an excellent description of how a scientist approaches and works through a research project and how her cutting-edge project fits into the larger view of modern astronomy. Personal details enliven the narrative, and the topic is accessible even to those who choose not to dive deeply into all chapters."--Choice

Preface xi
An Introductory Remark xv
1 What Is Stellar Archaeology?
1(9)
1.1 The First Minutes after the Big Bang
2(5)
1.2 Stellar Archaeology
7(3)
2 Two Centuries Of Pursuing Stars
10(41)
2.1 First Glimpses of Stellar Rainbows
11(5)
2.2 Decoding Starlight
16(6)
2.3 A New Perspective of the Cosmos
22(7)
2.4 Looking into the Hearts of Stars
29(6)
2.5 Modern Alchemy
35(3)
2.6 The Foundation of Cosmology
38(6)
2.7 The Origin of the Elements
44(7)
3 Stars, Stars, More Stars
51(27)
3.1 The Cycle of Matter in the Universe
51(4)
3.2 Astronomers and Their Metals
55(4)
3.3 Element Nucleosynthesis in the Cosmic Kitchen
59(14)
3.4 Stellar Diversity
73(5)
4 Stellar Evolution---From Birth To Death
78(29)
4.1 Sorting Stars
78(7)
4.2 A Protostar Forms
85(3)
4.3 The Evolution of a Low-Mass Star
88(5)
4.4 The Evolution of a Massive Star
93(2)
4.5 Supernovae and Supernova Remnants
95(7)
4.6 Preliminary Thoughts about Working with Metal-Poor Stars
102(5)
5 Neutron-Capture Processes And The Heaviest Elements
107(23)
5.1 How Neon Lamps Relate to Giant Stars---Element Synthesis in the S-Process
109(5)
5.2 Thorium, Uranium, and R-Process Element Synthesis
114(6)
5.3 Cosmo-Chronometry: The Oldest Stars
120(8)
5.4 Nuclear Astrophysics
128(2)
6 Welcome To Our Milky Way
130(25)
6.1 A Milky Way above Us
130(3)
6.2 The Milky Way's Structure
133(6)
6.3 Dwarf Galaxies
139(6)
6.4 Star Clusters
145(6)
6.5 Naming Stars
151(4)
7 Tales Told By Light
155(37)
7.1 A Little Lexicon of Light
156(4)
7.2 Spectroscopy---Deciphering Starlight
160(6)
7.3 Element Abundance Analyses of Stars
166(7)
7.4 The Largest Telescopes in the World
173(7)
7.5 Three Steps toward Success
180(6)
7.6 Observations with MIKE
186(6)
8 Let's Go Observe Some Stars!
192(18)
8.1 Going Stargazing
192(5)
8.2 Good-Weather Beer
197(1)
8.3 A Sunset
198(3)
8.4 The Observa-thon
201(2)
8.5 One Hundred and Five Stars per Night
203(2)
8.6 Computers, Computers ...
205(2)
8.7 Tested by Fire
207(3)
9 The Chemical Evolution Of The Early Universe
210(31)
9.1 The First Stars in the Universe
210(7)
9.2 The Family of Metal-Poor Stars
217(5)
9.3 The Most Iron-Poor Stars
222(5)
9.4 The Cosmic Chemical Evolution
227(14)
10 Finding The Oldest Stars
241(26)
10.1 Pursuing Metal-Poor Stars
241(7)
10.2 Bright Metal-Poor Stars
248(4)
10.3 Mt. Stromlo Succumbs to Bushfires
252(5)
10.4 The Discovery of a Record-Breaking Most Iron-Poor Star
257(7)
10.5 The Astronomical Community
264(3)
11 At The End Of A Cosmic Journey
267(20)
11.1 Cosmological Simulations
267(6)
11.2 Where Do Metal-Poor Stars Come From?
273(6)
11.3 Expectations of Future Surveys
279(3)
11.4 The Next Generation of Giant Telescopes
282(3)
11.5 Little Diamonds in the Sky
285(2)
Further Reading 287(2)
Index 289
Anna Frebel is the Silverman (1968) Family Career Development Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has received numerous international honors and awards for her discoveries and analyses of the oldest stars. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.