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Nuclear astrophysics
Nuclear astrophysics
is an interdisciplinary branch of physics involving close collaboration among researchers in various subfields of
nuclear physics
and
astrophysics
, with significant emphasis in areas such as
stellar modeling
, measurement and theoretical estimation of
nuclear reaction
rates,
cosmology
,
cosmochemistry
,
gamma ray
,
optical
and
X-ray
astronomy
, and extending our knowledge about nuclear
lifetimes
and masses. In general terms,
nuclear astrophysics
aims to understand the origin of the
chemical elements
and the energy generation in
stars
.
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