r-process

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r-process

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The r stands for rapid.

r-process (plural r-processes)

1. (nuclear physics, astrophysics) The relatively rapid nucleosynthesis process, in supernovae, in which a large neutron flux allows rapid neutron capture and synthesis of elements up to the transuranic elements.

• rapid neutron-capture process

• s-process

• corpsers, scorpers