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11 questions posed pre-1994 by physicists have been answered with byproduct examples. The answer to; "How were the elements from iron to uranium made?" evaded until 2003-2007. The properties of the stellar process, Rapid-Process (R-process) are well established by the nuclear physics of the nuclei synthesized in it—but whether it occurs in core collapse supernovae, in colliding neutron stars, or in some other site is not yet known. #Funds flowing for answers to all questions generates the #answer as a #byproduct of #star #creation, answered outside of a particle accelerator and a conventional target. “The next two decades could see a significant transformation of our #understanding of the #origin and #fate of the #universe, of the #laws that #govern it, and even of #our #place within it.” —Committee on the Physics of the Universe, National Research Council.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 16:55:41 +0000

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