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Resonant Nuclear Fusion Processes and the Gamma Rays of SS 433

G. W. CollinsGerald H. NewsomM. WiescherR. N. Boyd

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PhysicsNuclear physicsNuclear reactionCNO cycleMultidisciplinaryAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaGamma rayNuclear astrophysicsNuclear fusionAstrophysicsElectromagnetic radiationAstronomical spectroscopySpectral line

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Gamma-ray spectral lines have recently been reported coming from the celestial object SS 433, which is known to emit high-speed jets in opposite directions. The proposed identification of the lines as coming from fusion reactions on nitrogen nuclei as part of the carbon-nitrogen-oxygen cycle operating in the jets has now received observational support. Predictions of strengths and widths of additional lines which, if seen, would provide valuable new information about conditions giving rise to the jets are presented.

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1984-08-03Science
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.225.4661.508