Published in "The Extragalactic Distance Scale", Space
Telescope Science Institute Symposium Series 10, 1997, eds. M. Livio,
M. Donahue and N. Panagia
AGE CONSTRAINTS FROM NUCLEOCOSMOCHRONOLOGY
J. W. Truran
Department of
Astronomy and Astrophysics,
Enrico Fermi Institute
The University of
Chicago, 5640 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
- INTERESTING LONG-LIVED GALACTIC CHRONOMETERS
- AGE DETERMINATIONS WITH R-PROCESS CHRONOMETERS
- ABUNDANCE CLUES TO R-PROCESS HISTORY
- LOWER BOUNDS ON THE AGE OF THE GALAXY
- IMPLICATIONS OF A UNIFORM NUCLEOSYNTHESIS RATE
- A TH / EU AGE FOR A HALO STAR
- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS
- REFERENCES
