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Origin of the Chemical Elements

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Handbook of Nuclear Chemistry

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This chapter provides the necessary background from astrophysics, nuclear, and particle physics to understand the cosmic origin of the chemical elements. It reflects the year 2008 state of the art in this extremely quickly developing interdisciplinary research direction. The discussion summarizes the nucleosynthetic processes in the course of the evolution of the Universe and the galaxies contained within, including primordial nucleosynthesis, stellar evolution, and explosive nucleosynthesis in single and binary systems.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, Basel, CH-4056, Switzerland

    T. Rauscher

  2. Department of Atomic Physics, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/a, Budapest, H-1117, Hungary

    A. Patkós

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  1. Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, 32, Budapest, 1518, Hungary

    Attila Vértes (Professor Emeritus) & Sándor Nagy (Professor) (Professor Emeritus) &  (Professor)

  2. Chemical Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Pusztaszeri út 59-67, Budapest, 1025, Hungary

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  3. Institute of Nuclear Research (ATOMKI), Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 51, Debrecen, 4001, Hungary

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  4. Institute of Nuclear Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Fritz-Strassmann-Weg 2, 55128, Mainz, Germany

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Rauscher, T., Patkós, A. (2011). Origin of the Chemical Elements. In: Vértes, A., Nagy, S., Klencsár, Z., Lovas, R.G., Rösch, F. (eds) Handbook of Nuclear Chemistry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0720-2_12

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