R-process nucleosynthesis in supernovae.
Abstract
The heaviest elements are made only in cataclysmic events. Finding out whether supernovae are cataclysmic enough requires extensive astronomical observation and sophisticated computer modeling.
- Publication:
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Physics Today
- Pub Date:
- October 2004
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.1825268
- Bibcode:
- 2004PhT....57j..47C
- Keywords:
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- nucleosynthesis;
- supernovae;
- beta-decay;
- astronomical observatories;
- solar radiation