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Nature Physics 3, 832 - 833 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nphys804

Subject Categories: Astrophysics | Nuclear physics

Nuclear astrophysics: The first 50 years

S. E. Woosley1

  1. S. E. Woosley is in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA.
    e-mail: woosley@ucolick.org


Two papers published in 1957 helped to define the field of nuclear astrophysics. Since then, the field has expanded to include a broad range of phenomena in addition to the origin of the elements.

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