Overview
Lithium depletion in the Universe remains a matter of investigation This book aims to carry out a wide-ranging inquisitive review of over half a century of astronomical observations of lithium and astrophysical developments to understand its behaviour in diverse environments across the Universe. The scope is wide, from the primordial nucleosynthesis in the early universe, to the evolution in the Milky Way and other galaxies and the internal processes that determine the depletion or preservation in stars, brown dwarfs and exoplanets. The approach is to focus on the basic concepts, to describe the chronology of key observations and theoretical developments, with as little mathematical equations as possible, and to provide critical assessment of ongoing controversies and unsolved problems. Key Features The first book dedicated to this topic Covers introductory concepts, historical developments, up-to-date results and discussions of open questions in the field Covers a diverse range of topics from lithium in the sun, stars, planets, and the interstellar medium Written by an expert in the field
Full Product Details
Author: Eduardo Martín (Professor, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) (Spain))
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
Imprint: Institute of Physics Publishing
ISBN: 9780750336215
ISBN 10: 0750336218
Pages: 218
Publication Date: 07 September 2023
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Appearance of the element lithium in astronomical locations occasions so much spectroscopic examination and theoretical pondering that this IoP book (also available as an e-book) by Eduardo Martín should be welcomed by astronomers across the age spectrum from fresh research students through the experience continuum to retirees. This reviewer, now off the top end of the age spectrum, learnt a lot about the abundance of lithium in a wide variety of astronomical environments. David Lambert, The Observatory, August 2024 -- David Lambert
Author Information
Eduardo Martín has been a CSIC professor since 2009. He carried out his doctoral studies and research at the Institut d´Astrophysique de Paris and at the IAC. He has been a Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow at the Anton Pannekoek Institut of the University of Amsterdam and a professor at the Institute of Astronomy of the University of Hawaii. He was one of the proposers of the successful lithium test for brown dwarfs in the early 1990s, and he has investigated lithium in X-ray binaries, exoplanet hosts, halo stars, young solar-type stars, T Tauri stars, substellar-mass objects, and red giants.
