Reconstructing the Cosmic Evolution of the Chemical Elements
The chemical elements are created in nuclear fusion processes in the hot and dense cores of stars. The energy generated through nucleosynthesis allows stars to shine for billions of years. When these stars explode as massive supernovae, the newly made elements are expelled, chemically enriching the...
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MIT Press
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/92521 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2139-7145 |