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Photodisintegration (also
called phototran****ation, or a
photonuclear reaction) is a
nuclear process in
which an
atomic nucleus absorbs a high-energy...
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Chandrasekhar limit;
electron capture; pair-instability; or
photodisintegration. When a m****ive star
develops an iron core
larger than the Chandrasekhar...
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binding energy of a
nucleus can
eject a neutron, a
process known as
photodisintegration. Two
example reactions are: 9Be + >1.7 MeV
photon → 1
neutron + 2...
- alternatives, for
example photodisintegration (called the γ-process today) or a
combination of p-process and
photodisintegration.
Astronomy portal Physics...
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emitting a
proton or an
alpha particle.
Silicon burning proceeds by
photodisintegration rearrangement,
which creates new
elements by the
alpha process, adding...
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burning pathway may be
limited before the drip
lines are
reached by
photodisintegration,
where a high-energy
gamma ray
knocks a
nucleon out of a nucleus...
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interiors cause the
competition between photodisintegration and the
alpha process to
favor photodisintegration around iron. This
leads to more 28 56 N...
- However,
during nucleosynthesis in
stars the
competition between photodisintegration and
alpha capturing causes more 56Ni to be
produced than 62Ni (56Fe...
- the most
abundant heavy element in the universe, the high rate of
photodisintegration of
nickel in
stellar interiors causes iron to be by far the most...
- 1.2×109 K or 100 keV and 4×109 kg/m3). At such high
temperatures photodisintegration becomes a
significant effect, so some neon
nuclei decompose, absorbing...
