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, describes two-particle quantum field binding, derived by Hans Bethe and Edwin Salpeter * Salpeter process, a process of nuclear fusion mathematically defined by Edwin Salpeter * Salpeter initial mass function, an early and influential model for the distribution of the masses of stars upon formation

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Edwin Ernest Salpeter Edwin Ernest Salpeter (3 December 1924 – 26 November 2008,) was an Austrian–Australian–American astrophysicist. Life Born in Vienna to a Jewish family, Salpeter emigrated from Austria to Australia while in his teens to escape the Nazis. H ...

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

Lonah Chemtai Salpeter Lonah Korlima Chemtai Salpeter (, , born 12 December 1988) is an Israeli Olympic runner. Born in Kenya, she represents Israel internationally. She won the bronze medal in the marathon at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. At the European A ...

(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 ne ...

(1929—2000). US neurobiologist, wife of

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