INTEGRAL and Nuclear Astrophysics
arXiv:astro-ph/0103169 · doi:10.1142/9789812810830_0033
Abstract
We briefly review the fundamentals of nuclear gamma-ray line astronomy (radioactive astronomy), focusing on its role to decipher the intimate physics of supernovae, either immediatly (via or after a time delay (via ). All kinds of supernovae can be in principle tested through their radioactivities and their associated gamma-ray lines. Dedicated to the spectroscopy and imaging of celestial sources in the 15 keV to 10 MeV band, the ESA scientific observatory INTEGRAL will open a golden age of nuclear astrophysics in Europe
Invited review, "Cosmic Evolution", meeting in honor of the 60th birthday of Jean Audouze and Jim Truran, to be published by World Scientific, 6 pages, 1 figure