Talk:Supernova nucleosynthesis
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[edit] Supernova/Supernovae?
Is it supernova or supernovae? Or is that just a difference between the crazy british and american spellings of color and colour.
[edit] Review needed
This article really needs a going-over by someone with some expertise in this field. I edited it a bit to remove some obvious factual errors, but I think it has bigger problems. I haven't studied this stuff in years, though, so perhaps my memory is incorrect.--Srleffler 05:43, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
- Looked at this article for factual accuracy (I have some amount of expertise in the field). There were some factual errors which I've now corrected. As far as I'm aware it's now accurate. [By the way, the s process does occur in stellar nucleosynthesis. It doesn't occur in supernova nucleosynthesis. I've changed the article to reflect this.] James E B 10:14, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Fusion versus nucleosynthesis
While reading the Supernova article, I came across this sentence: "These elements are produced by fusion (for iron and lighter elements), and by nucleosynthesis during the supernova explosion for elements heavier than iron." This led me the conclusion that nucleosynthesis is a distinctly different process from fusion, and so I followed the link to this article. After reading this article, I started thinking that nucleosynthesis is really a type of fusion... but I still wasn't sure. So I then went to the Nuclear fusion article and found the following: "Nuclear fusion of heavy elements (absorbing energy) occurs in the extremely high-energy conditions of supernova explosions." Couldn't a statement be added in the opening paragraph of this article that clearly states that nucleosynthesis is a type of nuclear fusion to prevent others from having the same confusion? Enduser 16:39, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
