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We shall describe here a possible mechanism for the production of heavy elements (with A > 60): these elements, we suggest, may be formed in the matter ejected from the envelope of a neutron star during the starquake process.
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CHECHOTKIN, V., KOWALSKI, M. Production of heavy elements in nature. Nature 259, 643–644 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/259643a0
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