Nucleocosmogenesis

Nucleocosmogenesis is a scientific term first coined and published by George Gamow, renowned biophysicist, in the 1920s. According to his definition, nucleocosmogenesis is the process by which chemical elements are created out of more fundamental components in the cosmos. The modern term for such processes is nucleosynthesis.

Nuclear processes

Radioactive
decay

Alpha decay
Beta decay
Gamma radiation
Cluster decay
Double beta decay
Double electron capture
Internal conversion
Isomeric transition
Spontaneous fission

Stellar
nucleosynthesis

Deuterium burning
Lithium burning
pp-chain
CNO cycle
α process
Triple-α
C burning
Ne burning
O burning
Si burning
R-process
S-process
P-process
Rp-process
Photodisintegration

Other
processes

Emission	Neutron emission Positron emission Proton emission

Capture	Electron capture Neutron capture

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