Astrophysics with Radioactive Atomic Nuclei

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dc.creatorDiehl, R.
dc.creatorvon Ballmoos, P.
dc.creatorBoggs, S.
dc.creatorBurkert, A.
dc.creatorChieffi, A.
dc.creatorGehrels, N.
dc.creatorGreiner, J.
dc.creatorHartmann, D. H.
dc.creatorKanbach, G.
dc.creatorMeynet, G.
dc.creatorPrantzos, N.
dc.creatorRyan, J.
dc.creatorThielemann, F. K.
dc.creatorZinnecker, H.
dc.date2009-02-15
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:42:07Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:42:07Z
dc.descriptionWe propose to advance investigations of electromagnetic radiation originating in atomic nuclei beyond its current infancy to a true astronomy. This nuclear emission is independent from conditions of gas, thus complements more traditional stronomical methods used to probe the nearby universe. Radioactive gamma-rays arise from isotopes which are made in specific locations inside massive stars, their decay in interstellar space traces an otherwise not directly observable hot and tenuous phase of the ISM, which is crucial for feedback from massive stars. Its intrinsic clocks can measure characteristic times of processes within the ISM. Frontier questions that can be addressed with studies in this field are the complex interiors of massive stars and supernovae which are key agents in galactic dynamics and chemical evolution, the history of star-forming and supernova activity affecting our solar-system environment, and explorations of occulted and inaccessible regions of young stellar nurseries in our Galaxy.
dc.description7 pages, white paper for US Nat.Acad.Sci. Decadal Survey "Astro2010"
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0902.2494
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0902.2494
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/219968
dc.subjectAstrophysics of Galaxies
dc.subjectHigh Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
dc.titleAstrophysics with Radioactive Atomic Nuclei
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