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010			_a 95039684
020			_a9780226702728
020			_a0226702715 (cloth : alk. paper)
020			_a0226702723 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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041			_aeng
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100	1		_aRaffelt, Georg G. _97306
245	1	0	_aStars as laboratories for fundamental physics : _bthe astrophysics of neutrinos, axions, and other weakly interacting particles / _cGeorg G. Raffelt.
250			_aFirst Edition.
264	3	4	_aChicago : _bUniversity of Chicago Press ; _c1996.
300			_axxii, 664 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm.
490	0		_aTheoretical astrophysics
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 606-641) and index.
505	2		_a1. The Energy-Loss Argument -- 2. Anomalous Stellar Energy Losses Bounded by Observations -- 3. Particles Interacting with Electrons and Baryons -- 4. Processes in a Nuclear Medium -- 5. Two-Photon Coupling of Low-Mass Bosons -- 6. Particle Dispersion and Decays in Media -- 7. Nonstandard Neutrinos -- 8. Neutrino Oscillations -- 9. Oscillations of Trapped Neutrinos -- 10. Solar Neutrinos -- 11. Supernova Neutrinos -- 12. Radiative Particle Decays from Distant Sources -- 13. What Have We Learned from SN 1987A? -- 14. Axions -- 15. Miscellaneous Exotica -- 16. Neutrinos: The Bottom Line.
520	3		_aFor centuries the heavens have been a natural laboratory to test the classical laws of motion, and more recently to test Einstein's theory of gravity. Today, astrophysics has become a vast playing ground for applications of the laws of microscopic physics, especially the properties of elementary particles and their interactions. Much of what we know about neutrinos is revealed by astronomical observations, and the same applies to the axion, a conjectured new particle that is a favored candidate for the main component of the dark matter of the universe. In this volume, Raffelt provides the first systematic review of what we know about these and other weakly interacting particles, and about the gravity, from the observed properties of stars, such as neutrino fluxes measured from the Sun and supernova 1987A, and from certain astronomical x- and gamma-ray observations. He discusses these results in the light of related information from both laboratory experiments and cosmological arguments. Much of this material has not been covered previously in the textbook literature on particle astrophysics, which focuses mainly on the early universe, neutrino physics, or cosmic rays. Therefore, this book should interest particle physicists, astrophysicists, and cosmologists both as an introduction to stars as sources for weakly interacting particles and as a reference text.
650	2	4	_aNeutrino astrophysics. _95800
650	2	4	_aParticles (Nuclear physics) _95409
650	2	4	_aAstrofísica de neutrinos _95801
650	2	4	_aPartículas (Física nuclear) _95411
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/uchi052/95039684.html
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/uchi051/95039684.html
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0609/95039684-b.html
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955			_apc14 to ja00 08-22-95; je39 08-23-95; 23Aug95 JE08 to SL; aa19 08-28-95 to Phys 2; je10 08-29-95; CIP ver. pv08 07-11-96