The Nuclear Cycle that Powers the Stars: Fusion, Gravitational Collapse and Dissociation

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dc.creatorManuel, O.
dc.creatorMozina, Michael
dc.creatorRatcliffe, Hilton
dc.date2005-11-12
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:45:03Z
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dc.descriptionThe finding of an unexpectedly large source of energy from repulsive interactions between neutrons in the 2,850 known nuclides has challenged the assumption that H-fusion is the main source of energy that powers the Sun and other stars. Neutron repulsion in compact objects produced by the collapse of stars and collisions between galaxies may power more energetic cosmological events (quasars, gamma ray bursts, and active galactic centers) that had been attributed to black holes before neutron repulsion was recognized. On a cosmological scale, nuclear matter cycles between fusion, gravitational collapse, and dissociation (including neutron emission) rather than evolve in one direction by fusion. The similarity Bohr noted between atomic and planetary structures may extend to a similarity nuclear and stellar structures.
dc.description14 pages and 4 figures with a running difference image from the TRACE satellite. Hirschegg Workshop 06: Astrophysics and Nuclear Structure, Hirschegg, Austria, 15-21 Jan 2006
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0511379
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0511379
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/102951
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleThe Nuclear Cycle that Powers the Stars: Fusion, Gravitational Collapse and Dissociation
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