From the Big Bang to the nucleosynthesis : proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi", Varenna on Lake Como, Villa Monastero, 19-24 July 2010 / edited by A. Braco and E. Nappi = Dal Big Bang alla nucleosintesi : rendiconti della Scuola internazionale di fisica "Enrico Fermi", Varenna sul Lago di Como, Villa Monastero, 19-24 Luglio 2010 / a cura di A. Bracco and E. Nappi.

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Physicists have devoted much effort to reproducing the conditions of the primordial universe in laboratory conditions in their quest to work out a comprehensive theory of the appearance and evolution of nuclear matter. Whether it be trying to recreate the predicted primordial state of high-energy density matter in which quarks and gluons are effectively deconfined - the so-called Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP) - or exploring the structure and reaction properties of very unstable nuclei in experiments using radioactive beams, they have striven to understand the events which characterized the Big Bang.

Title page; Indice; Preface; Gruppo fotografico dei partecipanti al Corso; SUPERNOVAE AND NEUTRON STARS; Stellar evolution: From hydrostatic burning to core collapse; Introduction; Astrophysical nuclear reaction rates; Hydrostatic burning stages; Hydrogen burning; Solar neutrinos; Helium burning; Carbon, neon, oxygen, silicon burning; Core collapse supernovae; Electron captures in core-collapse supernovae -- the general picture; Weak-interaction rates and presupernova evolution; The role of electron capture during collapse; Making heavy elements in explosive nucleosynthesis; The nu p process.

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