Astrophysics

This book provides readers with a clear progress to theoretical and observational astrophysics. It is not surprising that astrophysics is continually growing because very sophisticated telescopes are being developed and they bring the universe closer and make it accessible. Astrophysics Book presents a unique opportunity for readers to demonstrate processes do occur in Nature. The unique feature of this book is to cover different aspects in astrophysics covering the topics: • Astronomy • Theoretical Astrophysics • Observational Astrophysics • Cosmology • The Solar System • Stars • Planets • Galaxies • Observation • Spectroscopy • Dark Matter • Neutron Stars • High Energy Astrophysics Preface Astrophysics 1 Part 1 Nucleosynthesis 9 Chapter 1 Nuclear Excitation Processes in Astrophysical Plasmas 11 Chapter 2 Stellar Nucleosynthesis Nuclear Data Mining 29 Chapter 3 The s-Process Nucleosynthesis in Massive Stars: Current Status and Uncertainties due to Convective Overshooting 49 Chapter 4 The r-Process of Nucleosynthesis: The Puzzle Is Still with Us 69 Chapter 5 Diffuse Emission of 26Al and 60Fe in the Galaxy 97 Chapter 6 Energy Generation Mechanisms in Stellar Interiors 131 Chapter 7 The Lane-Emden-Fowler Equation and Its Generalizations - Lie Symmetry Analysis 139 Part 2 High Energy Astrophysics 157 Chapter 8 The Missing Matter Problem: From the Dark Matter Search to Alternative Hypotheses 159 Chapter 9 A Microscopic Equation of State for Neutron-Rich Matter and Its Effect on Neutron Star Properties 187 Chapter 10 Methods for Image Recognition of Charged Particle Tracks in Track Detector Data Automated Processing 221 Chapter 11 Implementation of Dynamic Logic Algorithm for Detection of EM Fields Scattered by Langmuir Soliton 253 Chapter 12 Visualization Methods for Numerical Astrophysics 267 Chapter 13 Asteroseismology of Vibration Powered Neutron Stars 295 Chapter 14 Energetic Charged Particles in the Heliosphere from 1-120 AU Measured by the Voyager Spacecraft 317 Chapter 15 A Comparison of Non Negative Blind Source Separation Methods for Identifying Astrophysical Ice Compounds 333 Part 3 Cosmology 349 Chapter 16 Graviton Emission in the Bulk and Nucleosynthesis in a Model with Extra Dimension 351 Chapter 17 Putting Einstein to Test - Astrometric Experiments from Space, Fundamental Physics and Local Cosmology 373 Chapter 18 BBN as Probe of Fundamental Physics 393