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There are many explosive processes in nucleosynthesis: big bang nucleosynthesis, the rp-process, the γ-process, the ν-process, and the r-process. However, I will discuss just the rp-process and the r-process in detail, primarily because both seem to have been very active research areas of late, and because they have great potential for studies with radioactive nuclear beams. I will also discuss briefly the γ-process because of its inevitability in conjunction with the rp-process.
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Received: 1 May 2001 / Accepted: 4 December 2001
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Boyd, R. Explosive processes in nucleosynthesis. Eur Phys J A 13, 203–206 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja1339-33
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epja1339-33