Salpeter may refer to:

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* 11757 Salpeter, a minor planet found in 1960 by a team from Palomar Observatory *

Bethe–Salpeter equation The Bethe–Salpeter equation (named after Hans Bethe and Edwin Salpeter) describes the bound states of a two-body (particles) quantum field theoretical system in a relativistically covariant formalism. The equation was actually first publishe ...

, describes two-particle quantum field binding, derived by Hans Bethe and Edwin Salpeter *

Salpeter process The triple-alpha process is a set of nuclear fusion reactions by which three helium-4 nuclei (alpha particles) are transformed into carbon. Triple-alpha process in stars Helium accumulates in the cores of stars as a result of the proton–p ...

, a process of nuclear fusion mathematically defined by Edwin Salpeter *

Salpeter initial mass function In astronomy, the initial mass function (IMF) is an empirical function that describes the initial distribution of masses for a population of stars. The IMF is an output of the process of star formation. The IMF is often given as a probability di ...

, an early and influential model for the distribution of the masses of stars upon formation

People

* Edwin Ernest Salpeter (1924–2008), US astrophysicist * Greta Salpeter (born 1988), US musician *

Lonah Chemtai Salpeter Lonah Korlima Chemtai Salpeter ( he, לונה צ'מטאי-סלפטר, , born 12 December 1988) is a Kenyan-Israeli runner. She won the bronze medal in the marathon at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. At the European Athletics Championsh ...

(born 1988), Kenyan-born Israeli Olympic runner *

Miriam Salpeter Miriam (Mika) Salpeter (née Mark) (April 8, 1929 — October 24, 2000) was an American academic. As professor of neurobiology at Cornell University, she developed quantitative electron microscopic autoradiography as a means to investigate the n ...

(1929—2000). US neurobiologist, wife of Edwin Ernest Salpeter

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