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Stars as Laboratories for Fundamental Physics - MPP Theory Group

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Acronyms<br />

The acronyms listed below do not include names of experiments such<br />

<strong>as</strong> GALLEX or IMB, and also do not include names of laboratories<br />

such <strong>as</strong> CERN or SLAC. These acronyms really play the role of proper<br />

names; usually nobody quite remembers what they stand <strong>for</strong>.<br />

AGB<br />

AU<br />

BBN<br />

BC<br />

BP<br />

BS<br />

CC<br />

CKM<br />

CL<br />

CM<br />

CMB<br />

CMBR<br />

CNO<br />

CO<br />

D<br />

DAV<br />

DFSZ<br />

EOS<br />

FTD<br />

GIM<br />

GUT<br />

HB<br />

IAU<br />

IMF<br />

KII<br />

pc<br />

KSVZ<br />

<strong>as</strong>ymptotic giant branch<br />

<strong>as</strong>tronomical unit (distance to the Sun)<br />

big-bang nucleosynthesis<br />

bolometric correction<br />

Bahcall and Pinsonneault<br />

blue straggler<br />

charged current<br />

Cabbibo-Kobay<strong>as</strong>hi-M<strong>as</strong>kawa<br />

confidence level<br />

center of m<strong>as</strong>s<br />

cosmic microwave background<br />

cosmic microwave background radiation<br />

carbon-nitrogen-oxygen<br />

carbon-oxygen<br />

degenerate<br />

DA Variable<br />

Dine-Fishler-Srednicki-Zhitniskiĭ<br />

equation of state<br />

finite temperature and density<br />

Gl<strong>as</strong>how-Iliopoulos-Maiani<br />

grand unified theory<br />

horizontal branch<br />

International Astronomical Union<br />

initial m<strong>as</strong>s function<br />

Kamiokande II (detector)<br />

parsec (3.08×10 18 cm)<br />

Kim-Shifman-Vainshtein-Zakharov<br />

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