Concept information
Preferred term
Nucleosynthesis
Definition
- The process by which nuclear reactions at very high temperatures and pressures produce the various chemical elements of the periodic table, either in the Big Bang or in stellar interiors. (en)
Broader concept
- Nuclear astrophysics (en)
Narrower concepts
- Big Bang nucleosynthesis (en)
- Carbon burning (en)
- Cosmic ray nucleosynthesis (en)
- Explosive nucleosynthesis (en)
- Helium burning (en)
- Hydrogen burning (en)
- Oxygen burning (en)
- P-process (en)
- R-process (en)
- Silicon burning (en)
- S-process (en)
- Stellar nucleosynthesis (en)
Entry terms
- Element formation (en)
- Formation of elements (en)
Editorial note
URI
http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1131
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