Who Discovered the Hoyle Level?
The prediction of Hoyle that the nucleus of <sup>12</sup>C must have a resonance at 7.62MeV was the trigger to the Anthropic Principle. We review the history of the discovery of this level and investigate to what extent this was a genuine prediction.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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CTU Central Library
2015-02-01
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| Series: | Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings |
| Online Access: | https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/APP/article/view/2935 |
| Summary: | The prediction of Hoyle that the nucleus of <sup>12</sup>C must have a resonance at 7.62MeV was the trigger to the Anthropic Principle. We review the history of the discovery of this level and investigate to what extent this was a genuine prediction. |
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| ISSN: | 2336-5382 |