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Salpeter discovered a remarkable mechanism involving the fusion of the nuclei of three different helium atoms into the nucleus of carbon, through the initial formation of a metastable nuclear state in the collision of two helium nuclei, which subsequently captures another helium nucleus before it decays. This process, known as the Salpeter process, laid the foundation for all subsequent studies of stellar nucleosynthesis of essential elements.
As his career moved further into astrophysics, Salpeter's research areas continued to broaden. In almost every area he explored, his contributions were seminal. He proposed an "initial mass function" that could describe the distribution of stars that first formed as hydrogen, collapsed to form a protogalaxy and then fragmented into smaller regions that collapsed to form stars of differing masses. An understanding of the distribution of this first generation of stars is essential for understanding not only the subsequent evolution of the galaxy, but also the expected distribution of elements produced during stellar evolution and released into the galaxy as some stars explode at the end of their lives.
As his career moved further into astrophysics, Salpeter's research areas continued to broaden. In almost every area he explored, his contributions were seminal. He proposed an "initial mass function" that could describe the distribution of stars that first formed as hydrogen, collapsed to form a protogalaxy and then fragmented into smaller regions that collapsed to form stars of differing masses. An understanding of the distribution of this first generation of stars is essential for understanding not only the subsequent evolution of the galaxy, but also the expected distribution of elements produced during stellar evolution and released into the galaxy as some stars explode at the end of their lives.
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A. Y. Lin,A. T. Lu, A. E. Reeve,S. Eschrich, P. G. Johnston,A. J. Barrier, F. Bertucci,N. S. Buckley,E. E. Salpeter,S. R. Salpeter
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