TO NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS The Formation and the Evolution of Matter in the
Universe JEAN AUDOUZE lnstitut d'Astrophysique de Paris, France and
SYLVIE VA UCLAI R DAPHE, Ohservatoire de Meudon, France and lnstitut
d'Astrophysique, Paris D, REIDEL PUBLISHING COMPANY DORDRECHT:
HOLLAND/BOSTON: U. S. A. LONDON: ENGLAND Library of Congre Cataloging in
Publication Data Audouzc. Jean An introduction to nuclear astrophysics.
(Geophysics and astrophysics monographs; v. 18) En!. and updated
translation of L'Astrophysique nuclt\aire. Includes bibliographies and
index. \ Nuclear astrophysics. I. Vauclair, Sylvie, joint author. II.
Title. III. Series. QB464. A9313 1979 523. 01'9'7 79-20752 ISBN-13:
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TABLE OF CONTENTS IX FOREWORD INTRODUCTION xi XXI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CHAPTER I / THE OBSERVATIONAL BASIS OF NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS 1. 1. The
Importance of the Four Fundamental Interactions 1 1. 2.
