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EAS Publications Series
Volume 7, 2003
Final Stages of Stellar Evolution
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| Page(s) | 79 - 79 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas:2003038 | |
| Published online | 15 May 2003 | |
Final Stages of Stellar Evolution
C. Motch and J.-M. Hameury (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 7 (2003) 79
C. Motch and J.-M. Hameury (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 7 (2003) 79
X- and Gamma-Ray Line Emission Processes
Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de
Spectrométrie de Masse, IN2P3-CNRS, 91405 Orsay, France
This chapter is intended to provide a general presentation of the atomic and nuclear processes responsible for X-ray line and gamma-ray line emission in various astrophysical environments. I consider line production from hot plasmas, from accelerated particle interactions, from the decay of radioactive nuclei synthesized in stars and from positron annihilation. Spectroscopic properties of these emissions are discussed in the light of the detection capabilities of modern space instruments.
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