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Qian, Y.-Z., and Wasserburg, G. J. (2007) Where, oh where has the r-process gone? Physics Reports, 442, 237–268.Google Scholar

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Woosley, S. E., and Hoffman, R. D. (1992) The α-process and the r-process. Astrophysical Journal, 395, 202–239.Google Scholar

Alpher, R. A., Bethe, H., and Gamow, G. (1948) The origin of chemical elements. Physical Review, 73, 803–804.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Bahcall, J. N., Pinsonneault, M. H., and Basu, S. (2001) Solar models: Current epoch and time dependences, neutrinos, and helioseismological properties. Astrophysical Journal, 555, 990–1012.Google Scholar

Basu, S., and Rana, N. C. (1992) Multiplicity-corrected mass function of main-sequence stars in the solar neighborhood. Astrophysical Journal, 393, 373–384.Google Scholar

Burbidge, E. M., Burbidge, G. R., Fowler, W. A., and Hoyle, F. (1957) Synthesis of elements in stars. Reviews of Modern Physics, 29, 547–650.Google Scholar

Caughlan, G. R., and Fowler, W. A. (1988) Thermonuclear reaction rates V. Cosmic Data and Nuclear Data Tables, 40, 283–334.Google Scholar

Catling, D. C., and Kasting, J. F. (2017) Atmospheric Evolution on Inhabited and Lifeless Worlds. Cambridge University Press, New York, 579 pp.Google Scholar

Champagne, A. E., and Wiescher, M. (1992) Explosive hydrogen burning. Annual Reviews of Nuclear and Particle Science, 42, 39–76.Google Scholar

Dearborn, D. S. P. (1992) Diagnostics of stellar evolution: The oxygen isotopes. Physics Reports, 210, 367–382.Google Scholar

Kobayashi, C., Umeda, H., Nomoto, K., et al. (2006) Galactic chemical evolution: Carbon through zinc. Astrophysical Journal, 653, 1145–1171.Google Scholar

Korobkin, O., Rosswog, S., Arcones, A., and Winteler, C. (2012) On the astrophysical robustness of the neutron star merger r-process. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 426, 1940–1949.Google Scholar

Kroupa, P. (2002) The initial mass function of stars: Evidence for uniformity in variable systems. Science, 295, 82–91.Google Scholar

Qian, Y.-Z., and Woosley, S. E. (1996) Nucleosynthesis in neutrino-driven winds. I. The physical conditions. Astrophysical Journal, 471, 331–351.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Qian, Y.-Z., and Wasserburg, G. J. (2007) Where, oh where has the r-process gone? Physics Reports, 442, 237–268.Google Scholar

Rolfs, C. E., and Rodney, W. S (1988) Cauldrons in the Cosmos. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 561 pp.Google Scholar

Spencer, J. (2019) The faint young sun problem revisited. GSA Today, 29, 4–10.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Other ReferencesThielemann, F.-K., Eichler, M., Panov, I.V., and Wehmeyer, B. (2017) Neutron star mergers and nucleosynthesis of heavy elements. Annual Reviews of Nuclear & Particle Science, 67, 24.Google Scholar

Other Referencesvan de Voort, F., Quataert, E., Hopkins, P. F., et al. (2015) Galactic r-process enrichment by neutron star mergers in cosmological simulations of a Milky Way-mass galaxy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 447, 140–148.Google Scholar

Woosley, S. E., and Hoffman, R. D. (1992) The α-process and the r-process. Astrophysical Journal, 395, 202–239.Google Scholar