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Chronometer for S-Process Nucleosynthesis

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The importance of the short-lived s-process chronometer 205Pb, its relation to the mechanism of s-process nucleosynthesis and its implications for cosmochronology are discussed.

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  1. Space Physics Laboratory, The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, California

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  2. Departments of Astronomy and Physics, University of Texas, Austin, Texas

    TYPHOON LEE & DAVID N. SCHRAMM

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BLAKE, J., LEE, T. & SCHRAMM, D. Chronometer for S-Process Nucleosynthesis. Nature Physical Science 242, 98–100 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci242098a0

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