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Expert Profile: Steve Nelson

Expertise:  Fusion, solar flares, cosmic rays, radiation in space, and stellar physics questions. Generally, nuclear-related astrophysics, but I can usually point you in the right direction if it's not nuclear-related or if it's nuclear but not astrophysics.

Experience in the area
Doctoral dissertation was on a reaction in CNO-cycle fusion, worked in gamma-ray astronomy in the space science division of the naval research laboratory in the high-energy space environment branch.

Organizations
Physics professor at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.

Education/Credentials
Ph.D. in physics, research was on nuclear fusion reactions important in stellar fusion.

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You are correct it was acb. I did pose it wrong.That's why your the expert and I'am not worthy of your greatness
(tera on 10/29/08)
Thank you MrSteve Nelson .your answer whas very emportnt to me
(meray on 07/10/08)
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Recent Answers from Steve Nelson
2008-11-21  light It's generally mercury. Look below for a table, as far as a diagram you'll have to find a proper reference on your own. All the ones I know of are proprietary and can't be generally accessed via the...
2008-10-28  please help me Perhaps the question is poorly posed. Did they mean arc ACB instead of ABC? If it asked arc ACB I would've answered (B) as well, 2/3 of the circumference, but ABC? That doesn't really make sense. If...
2008-09-26  Hawking's Concession Alternate universes are purely speculative. There's no experimental evidence to support them and currently no real need for them in theory. Fun speculation, but speculation all the same. Also, notion...
2008-09-25  MS Astrophysics is an easy subject to read a lot of popular literature about but a very, very difficult subject for serious study. There's no easy way around taking a bachelor's degree in physics before...
2008-09-04  Logical Answer Well, the minimum pulsar radius is about 10 km (circumference about 31 km) and the maximum pulse rate of a millisecond pulsar (MSP) is about 1000 Hz (debated, maximum reliable measurement is half that)...
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