Nuclear astrophysicists at war
Abstract: The question of energy production in stars stimulated an entire generation of young physicists in the 1930s who came to work in this field exploring the fundamentals of quantum and nuclear physics. Their experience and methodologies were essential to the Manhattan Project, facilitating the rapid development of the atomic bomb. The experience and knowledge gained from the Manhattan Project then flowed back to nuclear astrophysics after the war and led to its further development. This paper is motivated by the question that was raised in the film Oppenheimer, which asks whether “a bomb can set the atmosphere on fire?”. Seeking an answer requires a close intellectual exchange between the physics of the atomic bomb and the physics of stellar burning; this exchange is the topic of this paper.
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Nuclear astrophysicists at war ; day:12 ; month:01 ; year:2024 ; extent:14
Natural sciences ; (12.01.2024) (gesamt 14)
- Creator
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Wiescher, Michael
Langanke, Karlheinz
- DOI
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10.1002/ntls.20230023
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2024011214344641386017
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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15.08.2025, 7:33 AM CEST
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- Wiescher, Michael
- Langanke, Karlheinz
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