English Explanatory Dictionary

r-process

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The relatively rapid nucleosynthesis process, in supernovae, in which a large neutron flux allows rapid neutron capture and synthesis of elements up to the transuranic elements.

Word forms

r-process r-processes

Etymology

The r stands for rapid.

Synonyms

rapid neutron-capture process
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