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On Elementary Transmutations in the Interior of Stars: Paper II (1937)

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In this paper, the well-known 'Bethe-Weizsäcker-cycle' for the generation of energy in the sun appears for the first time (p. 17).

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Notes

  1. 1.

    This text was originally published as: “Über Elementumwandlungen im Innern der Sterne. II”, in: Physikalische Zeitschrift, 39 (1938): 633–646, This text is for the first time available in English and was translated into English by Ms. Ann Hentschel with the financial support of the Udo-Keller-Foundation (ed.MD).

  2. 2.

    See von Weizsäcker (1937).

  3. 3.

    See St. Meyer (1939), Wefelmeier (1939).

  4. 4.

    Mr. Biermann pointed this out to me. Cf. Cowling (1939).

  5. 5.

    See Unsöld (1938).

  6. 6.

    Cf., e.g., Bodenstein (1937) and the presentations and discussions in Zeitschrift für Elektrochemie, 42 (1936): 439ff.

  7. 7.

    See Landau (1937).

  8. 8.

    Landau (1932, 1938), Hund (1936) Anderson: Veröff. d. Univ.-Sternw. Dorpat. Cf. on the following: Gamow and Teller (1938a).

  9. 9.

    See Wefelmeier (1937a, b, 1939).

  10. 10.

    Landau (1932, 1938); Hund (1936); O. Anderson: Veröff. d. Univ.-Sternw. Dorpat. Cf. for the following: Gamow/Teller (1938).

  11. 11.

    Williams et al. (1937). As Mr. Gamow has informed me by letter shortly before completion of this paper, according to new findings by Joliot, 5He and 5Li are stable, after all. Then the model cycle would have to be regarded as relevant and only heavy hydrogen must be assigned the energy source of giant stars (cf. Sect. 7).

  12. 12.

    Cf. Livingston/Bethe (1937).

  13. 13.

    Atkinson (1936). Cf. also Döpel (see note 5 [16] below).

  14. 14.

    Pursuant to an oral note by Mr. Gamow.

  15. 15.

    Mr. Biermann pointed this out to me.

  16. 16.

    See Döpel (1937).

  17. 17.

    Mr. Gamow informed me that Bethe has recently examined this cycle quantitatively.

  18. 18.

    The significance of the rarity of these elements was probably first emphasized by Goldschmidt (1926)

  19. 19.

    At least Li and Be. Cf. Goldschmidt (1938). Mr. Wefelmeier pointed out this matter to me.

  20. 20.

    Pursuant to an oral note by Mr. Gamow.

  21. 21.

    Gamow (1938a).

  22. 22.

    See Gamow (1938b).

  23. 23.

    The German original reads ‘Reaktion’, apparently a typo. (ed.MD).

  24. 24.

    See Gamow/Teller (1938b).

  25. 25.

    See footnote 20.

  26. 26.

    This attempt has been undertaken often already. The following publications are known to me: Farkas/Harteck (1931), Sterne (1933), Guggenheimer (1934).

  27. 27.

    Cf. Cowling (footnote 4).

  28. 28.

    Milne (1933).

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von Weizsäcker, C.F. (2014). On Elementary Transmutations in the Interior of Stars: Paper II (1937). In: Drieschner, M. (eds) Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Major Texts in Physics. SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice(), vol 22. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03668-7_2

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