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Nature 433, 117-119 (13 January 2005) | doi:10.1038/433117a; Published online 12 January 2005
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Astrophysics: The process of carbon creation
Mounib El Eid1
Abstract
In the Universe, the element carbon is created only in stars, in a remarkable reaction called the triple-
process. Fresh insights into the reaction now come from the latest experiments carried out on Earth.
In the first few moments of the Universe's existence — the famous 'three minutes' — no elements heavier than helium were made, with the exception of a tiny amount of lithium. So how were the other elements, including the carbon that is so important to life on Earth, created?
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Mounib El Eid is in the Department of Physics, American University of Beirut, Bliss Street, Beirut, Lebanon.
e-mail: Email: meid@aub.edu.lb
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Revised rates for the stellar triple-α process from measurement of 12 C nuclear resonancesNature Letters to Editor (13 Jan 2005)
