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Europhysics News
Volume 47, Number 4, July-August 2016
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| Page(s) | 15 - 20 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epn/2016401 | |
| Published online | 24 August 2016 | |
On the origin of the cosmic elements and the nuclear history of the universe
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Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
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Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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University of Geneva,
Switzerland
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University of Basel, Switzerland
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Max-Planck-Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany
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Uppsala University, Sweden
The quest for the energy source of stars, capable of maintaining their long-lasting brightness, has puzzled physicists during centuries. Early suggestions, due to Julius R. von Mayer, John James Waterson, Hermann von Helmholtz, and William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), among others, relied on the conversion of gravitational potential energy into heat. However, the age of the Sun inferred in this framework was only a few million years, a value clearly at odds with estimates based on geological records.
© European Physical Society, EDP Sciences, 2016
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