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Nuclear Reactions in Stars & in the Laboratory

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0.007<br />

Stellar lifetime of nuclei<br />

abundance<br />

0.006<br />

0.005<br />

0.004<br />

0.003<br />

0.002<br />

0.001<br />

Y A (t)<br />

τ<br />

Y B<br />

(t)<br />

same<br />

abundance<br />

level Y A<br />

(t=0)<br />

0<br />

10 -2 10 -1 10 0 10 1 10 2 10 3 10 4 10 5<br />

time<br />

Y<br />

Y<br />

A<br />

B<br />

( t)<br />

( t)<br />

=<br />

=<br />

Y<br />

Y<br />

0 A<br />

0 A<br />

e<br />

−λ<br />

t<br />

(1 −<br />

e<br />

−λ<br />

t<br />

)<br />

τ =<br />

1<br />

=<br />

λ<br />

1<br />

Y a<br />

ρ < σ v<br />

N A<br />

>

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