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explosive nucleosynthesis
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explosive nucleosynthesishas definition The nucleosynthetic processes which are thought to occur in supernovae. These explosive processes are thought to produce the nuclei from neon up to and including the e-process nuclei and possibly the r-process nuclei. Explosive carbon burning occurs for a temperature of about 2 × 109 K and a density of 104-107 g cm-3 and produces nuclei from neon to silicon. Explosive oxygen burning occurs for a temperature of about 4 × 109 K and produces nuclei from silicon to calcium, and the e-process occurs at a temperature greater than 5 × 109 K and produces the iron peak nuclei.has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:29:41.0
has definition The nucleosynthesis processes that are believed to occur in supernovae. Explosive carbon burning occurs at a temperature of about 2 × 109 K and produces the nuclei from neon to silicon. Explosive oxygen burning occurs near 4 × 109 K and produces nuclei between silicon and calcium in atomic weight. At higher temperatures, still heavier nuclei, up to and beyond iron, are produced.has source: Silk, J. 1990 The Big Bang, W. H. Publishers, New York, 2001-09-27 09:29:41.0
is a kind of stellar nucleosynthesis2001-09-27 09:29:41.0
fusionhas antonym fission2001-09-27 09:29:41.0
produces energy2001-09-27 09:29:41.0
has product2001-09-27 09:29:41.0
has reaction probability2001-09-27 09:29:41.0
has catalyst2001-09-27 09:29:41.0
has reactant2001-09-27 09:29:41.0
has minimum temperature2001-09-27 09:29:41.0
physical processhas domain physics2001-09-27 09:29:38.0