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Most elements are synthesized, or "cooked", by thermonuclear
reactions in stars. The newly formed elements are released into the
interstellar medium during a star's lifetime, and are subsequently
incorporated into a new generation of stars, into the planets that
form around the stars, and into the life forms that originate on
the planets. Moreover, the energy we depend on for life originates
from nuclear reactions that occur at the center of the Sun.
Synthesis of the elements and nuclear energy production in stars
are the topics of nuclear astrophysics, which is the subject of
this book. It presents nuclear structure and reactions,
thermonuclear reaction rates, experimental nuclear methods, and
nucleosynthesis in detail. These topics are discussed in a coherent
way, enabling the reader to grasp their interconnections
intuitively. The book serves both as a textbook for advanced
undergraduate and graduate students, with worked examples and
end-of-chapter excercises, but also as a reference book for use by
researchers working in the field of nuclear astrophysics.
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