Cosmologists modeling the origin of the elements postulate nuclides with very short
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Cosmologists modeling the origin of the elements postulate nuclides with very short half-lives. One of these nuclides, 8Be (t1/2 _ 710_17 s), plays a key role in stellar nucleosynthesis (p. 1099) because it must fuse with 4He to form 12C before decaying. Another explanation involves the simultaneous fusion of three 4He nuclei to form 12C. Comment on the validity of this alternative mechanism.
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