Who discovered the Hoyle level |
TYPE | Astrophysics Seminar |
Speaker: | Giora Shaviv |
Affiliation: | Technion |
Organizer: | Hagai Perets |
Date: | 21.08.2013 |
Time: | 14:30 - 15:30 |
Location: | Lidow 620 |
Abstract: | The Hoyle level in carbon 12 was the trigger to the invention of the Anthropic principle. We review the history of the discovery, we argue that the arguments for the existence of the level were largely insufficient for the derivation of Hoyle's and Carter conclusions. |