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Science 20 January 2006:
Vol. 311. no. 5759, pp. 345 - 346
DOI: 10.1126/science.1115848
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Enhanced: Nucleosynthesis in Binary Stars

C. Simon Jeffery, Christopher A. Tout, John C. Lattanzio

Nearly all elements in the universe heavier than helium are synthesized in stars. Binary stars, because they exert strong influences on one another, have contributed more elements than previously recognized.

C. S. Jeffery is at Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT6 9DG, Northern Ireland, UK. C. A. Tout is at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, UK. J. C. Lattanzio is at the Center for Stellar and Planetary Astrophysics, School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia. E-mail: john.lattanzio{at}sci.monash.edu.au

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