Y-process

Y-process

[′wī ‚prä·səs] (nuclear physics) The synthesis of certain nuclides in stars through nuclear reactions in which gamma rays remove neutrons, protons, or alpha particles from the nucleus; it is one mode of the p-process.

y-process

[′wī ‚prä·səs] (nuclear physics) The synthesis of certain nuclides in stars through nuclear reactions in which gamma rays remove neutrons, protons, or alpha particles from the nucleus; it is one mode of the p-process.