Cafe Scientifique - "Carbon, iron, gold - where and how are the elements made?"

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Tuesday, October 14th, 2014
6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

Talk Description:

"Carbon, iron, gold - where and how are the elements made?"
Dr. Falk Herwig, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, U. Victoria


Of all the scientific discoveries in the past century, one of the mostremarkable is that almost every atom in the Universe (other than hydrogen and helium) was manufactured by processes deep in the interiors of stars. In the words of the song: "We are stardust". This talk will discuss the processes through which the heavy elements are cooked, including the remaining mysteries in our understanding of how
the elements are made.

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