The Origin of the Elements
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Mar 10, 2016
from 07:30 PM to 08:30 PM |
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| Where | Natural Science 112 |
| Contact Name | Lutz Haberzettl, Ph.D. |
| Contact Phone | (502)-852-1986 |
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Speaker: James Lauroesch
Abstract: Have you ever wondered where the silicon and iron in the Earth, the nitrogen and oxygen in the air we breathe, and the carbon in our bodies comes from? It has been made over the past 13.7 billion years in stars and then returned to the interstellar medium out of which new stars and planets are formed. We will discuss how this occurs and how we can measure where and when it happens.