The Light Element Abundances

The first volume of the series provides a thorough review of the abundances of the elements up to Boron. Special emphasis is laid on primordial abundances and on stellar production or destruction respectively. The articles cover theory and most recent observational data and are thus well suited for cosmologists, researchers and graduate students.

Inhalt
Light Elements in the Early Universe.- Early Nucleosynthesis: The Present Status.- Big Bang Nucleosynthesis: Consistency or Crisis?.- Light Nuclei in the Quasi-Steady State Cosmological Model.- Primordial Heavy Element Production.- Scalar-Tensor Gravity Theories and Baryonic Density.- On the Destruction of Primordial Deuterium.- Primordial Deuterium, Dark Matter and Chemical Evolution of the Galaxy.- Primordial Abundances of Light Elements in Quasi-Homogeneous Models.- Primordial Nucleosynthesis and Light Element Abundances.- Light Elements at High Redshift.- Helium at High Redshift.- Lithium at High Redshifts.- On the Detectability of Primordial Deuterium in QSO Absorption Systems.- Studies of the Cloud Structure, Ionization Structure, and Elemental Abundances in High Redshift QSO BAL Region Gas.- Metal Abundances in High z Absorption Lines Systems.- Galactic Evolution.- Light Element Production in the Galactic Disc by Delayed Low Energy Cosmic Ray Flux from Intermediate Mass Stars.- Mixing of Heavy Elements into the Interstellar Medium of Gas-rich Galaxies: Consequence for the Primordial Helium Determination.- Galactic Evolution of Light Elements: Theoretical Analysis.- Evolution of Light Elements in Galaxies and Intergalactic Medium.- The dY/dZ in the Chemical Evolution of Galaxies with the Multiphase Model.- Chemical Evolution Models with a New Stellar Nucleosynthesis.- Chemical Enrichment of Mergers by Violent Star Formation.- Ultra-Metal-Poor Stars for the 21st Century.- Helium.- Helium in HII Regions and Stars.- The Helium to Heavy Elements Enrichment Ratio.- Primordial Helium from Extremely Metal-Poor Galaxies.- ? Y / ? Z from Fundamental Stellar Parameters.- On the ?Y / ?Z Determination.- ?Y/?Z No Real Controversy Between Theory and Observations.- TheHelium Abundance of the Galactic Bulge.- Deuterium and 3 He.- The Quest for the Cosmic Abundance of 3He.- Hubble Observations of D/H in the Local ISM and Consequences for Cosmology.- Galactic Evolution of D and 3He.- Chemical Evolution Models of D and 3He: Problems ?.- The Interstellar D/H Ratio Toward G191-B2B.- Lithium.- Observational Status of Lithium in Stars.- The Abundances of Li in ? Scuti Stars: Can They Explain the Li Dip?.- Exploring the Lithium Dip: A Comparison of Clusters.- Convection, Opacities and Pre-Main Sequence Lithium Depletion.- The Behaviour of the Lithium Abundance Along the Pre-Main Sequence Phase.- Lithium Abundances Below the Substellar Limit.- Lithium in Nearby Main-Sequence Solar-Type Stars.- Lithium in Pleiades K Dwarfs.- Lithium Abundances of the Most Metal Poor Stars.- Lithium Abundance in Pop II Stars: Influence of a Small Mass Loss.- Lithium in LateType Subgiants.- Rotation and Lithium in Bright Giant Stars.- 7Li Production in Luminous AGB Stars.- Lithium Production and Hot Bottom Burning in AGB Stars.- Resolution of the Classical Hyades Lithium Problem.- Lithium in Old Binary Stars.- Lithium in Tidally Locked Binaries.- Lithium in Companions to Compact Objects.- Stellar Production of Lithium.- Li I Lines in POP II Dwarf Spectra: NLTE Effects.- Lithium Content Investigation at the 6-m Telescope.- Lithium Isotopes.- The Lithium Isotope Ratio in Old Stars.- Constraints on the Galactic Evolution of the Li Abundance from the 7Li/6Li Ratio.- The Interstellar 7Li/6Li Ratio.- Beryllium and Boron.- The Galactic Evolution of Beryllium.- Non-LTE Effects on Be and B Abundance Determinations in Cool Stars.- LiBeB Production by Low Energy Galactic Cosmic Rays.- Genesis and Evolution of LiBeB Isotopes I: Production Rates.- Using Beryllium toExplore Stellar Structure and Evolution.- Implications of the B/Be and 11B/10B Ratios.- Beryllium Abundances in a New Set of Halo Stars.- Beryllium in Metal-Poor Stars.- Boron in the Hyades Giants.