2002/10/01 by G. Wolschin
Physics and Astronomy · #astro-ph #nucl-th
published as in: Time, Quantum and Information; pp115-134 (Springer, 2003) · 23 pages,8 figures
arxiv created 2002/10/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
Starting from the early works by Weizsaecker and Bethe about fusion cycles and energy conversion in stars, a brief survey of thermonuclear processes in stars leading to contemporary research problems in this field is given. Special emphasis is put on the physics of stellar and, in particular, solar neutrinos which is at the frontline of current investigations.