Papers, etc.

AIP Center for History of Physics oral interviews with Salpeter and with Hans Bethe contain information about Salpeter.

Other References: Historical

Salpeter, E.E., “Cornell Theoretical Astrophysics 25 (and 50) Years Ago,” in New York State Astronomy, A.G. Davis Philip, ed., (L. Davis Press, Schenectady, NY, 1992).

Salpeter, E.E., “Reminiscences of George Gamow and Nuclear Astrophysics,” for a Gamow celebration in Odessa and St. Petersburg, 1994.

Salpeter, E.E., “Introduction to IMF@50,” in E. Corbelli & F. Palle, eds., The Initial Mass Function 50 years Later (Springer, Dordrecht, 2005), p.265.

Shapiro, Stuart L. & Saul A. Teukolsky, Highlights of Modern Astrophysics: Concepts and Controversies (Wiley, NY, 1986).

Salpeter, E.E., “Neutron Stars Before 1967 and My Debt to Chandra,” Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy 17, 77-79 (1996).

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Other References: Scientific

Salpeter, E.E. & R.E.B. Makinson, “On the Dielectric Properties of a Gas Discharge,” Proc. Phys. Soc. B, 62, 180-88 (1949).

Salpeter, E.E., Nuclear Induction Signals for Long Relaxation Times,” Proc. Phys. Soc. A, 63, 337-49 (1950).

Salpeter, E.E., “Wave Functions in Momentum Space,” Phys. Rev. 82, 60 (1951).

Salpeter, E.E., “Wave Functions in Momentum Space,” Phys. Rev. 84, 1226-31 (1951)

Salpeter, E.E. & H.A. Bethe, “A Relativistic Equation for Bound-State Problems,” Phys. Rev. 84, 1232-42 (1951) [the famous Bethe-Salpeter equation].

Salpeter, E.E., “Mass Corrections to the Fine Structure of Hydrogen-Like Atoms,” Phys. Rev. 87, 328-43 (1952).

Salpeter, E.E., “Nuclear Reactions in the Stars. I. Proton-Proton Chain,” Phys. Rev. 88, 547-53 (1952).

Salpeter, E.E., “Nuclear Reactions in Stars without Hydrogen,” Ap.J. 115, 326-28 (1952). [reprinted in the centennial edition Ap.J. 525C, 450 (1999) with a modern commentary by André Maeder; also excerpted, with commentary, in Lang, Kenneth R. & Owen Gingerich, eds., A Source Book in Astronomy & Astrophysics, 1900-1975 Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, MA, 1979), 349-52.]

Salpeter, E.E., “The Reaction Rate of the Proton-Proton Chain,” Ap.J. 116, 649-50 (1952).

Salpeter, E.E., “The Lamb Shift for Hydrogen and Deuterium,” Phys. Rev. 89, 92-97 (1953).

Salpeter, E.E., “Electron Screening and Thermonuclear Reactions,” Australian Journal of Physics 7, 373 (1954).

Salpeter, E.E., “Energy Production in Stars,” Vistas in Astronomy 1, 283-90 (1955).

Salpeter, Edwin E., “The Luminosity Function and Stellar Evolution,” Ap.J. 121, 161-67 (1955).

Salpeter, E.E., “Nuclear Reactions in the Stars. II. Protons on Light Nuclei,” Phys. Rev. 97, 1237-44 (1955).

Bethe, H.A. & E.E. Salpeter, Quantum Mechanics of One- and Two-Electron Atoms (Academic Press, NY, 1957).

Salpeter, E.E., “Nuclear Reactions in Stars. Buildup from Helium,” Phys. Rev. 107, 516-25 (1957).

Salpeter, E.E., “Stellar Energy Sources,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 29 244-54 (1957).

Salpeter, E.E., “Statistics of Stellar Evolution,” in D.J.K. O'Connell, ed., Ricerche Astronomiche, Vol. 5, Specola Vaticana, Proceedings of a Conference at Vatican Observatory, Castel Gandolfo, May 20-28, 1957 (North-Holland, Amsterdam & Interscience, NY, 1958), p. 231-43.

Salpeter, Edwin E., “The Rate of Star Formation in the Galaxy,” Ap.J. 129, 608-27 (1959).

Reeves, H. & E.E. Salpeter, “Nuclear Reactions in Stars. IV. Buildup from Carbon,” Phys. Rev. 116, 1505-16 (1959).

Salpeter, E. E., “Scattering of Radio Waves by Electrons above the Ionosphere,” J. Geophys. Res. 65, 1851–1852 (1960).

Salpeter, E.E., “Electron Density Fluctuations in a Plasma,” Phys. Rev. 120, 1528-35 (1960).

Salpeter, E.E., “Matter at High Densities,” Ann. Phys. 11, 393 (1960).

Salpeter, E.E., “Plasma Density Fluctuations in a Magnetic Field,” Phys. Rev. 122, 1663-74 (1961).

Salpeter, E.E., “Energy and Pressure of a Zero-Temperature Plasma,” Ap.J. 134, 669-82 (1961).

Hamada, T. & E.E. Salpeter, “Models for Zero-Temperature Stars,” Ap.J. 134, 683-98 (1961).

Gould, Robert J. & Edwin E. Salpeter, “The Interstellar Abundance of the Hydrogen Molecule. I. Basic Processes,” Ap.J. 138, 393-407 (1963).

Gould, R.J., T. Gold, & E.E. Salpeter, “The Interstellar Abundance of the Hydrogen Molecule. II. Galactic Abundance and Distribution,” Ap.J. 138, 408-25 (1963).

Deinzer, W. & E.E. Salpeter, “Equilibrium Models for Helium-Burning Stars. IV. Massive Stars and Nuclear Abundances,” Ap.J. 140, 499-509 (1964).

Chiu, Hong-Yee & E.E. Salpeter, “Surface X-Ray Emission from Neutron Stars,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 12, 413-15 (1964).

Cox, John P. & E.E. Salpeter, “Equilibrium Models for Helium-Burning Stars. III. Semi-Degenerate Stars of Small Mass,” Ap.J. 140, 485-98 (1964).

Salpeter, E.E., “Accretion of Interstellar Matter by Massive Objects,” Ap.J. 140, 796-99 (1964).

Bahcall, John N. & E.E. Salpeter, “On the Interaction of Radiation from Distant Sources with the Intervening Medium,” Ap.J. 142, 1677-80 (1965).

Bahcall, J.N. & E.E. Salpeter, “Absorption Lines in the Spectra of Distant Sources,” Ap.J. 144, 847-52 (1966).

Salpeter, E.E., “Interplanetary Scintillations. I. Theory,” Ap.J. 147, 433-48 (1967).

Pacini F. & E.E. Salpeter, “Some Models for Pulsed Radio Sources,” Nature 218, 733 (1968).

Beaudet, G. & Edwin E. Salpeter, “Models for Carbon-Rich Stars,” Ap.J. 155, 203-19 (1969).

Tarter, C. Bruce & Edwin E. Salpeter, “The Interaction of X-ray Sources with Optically Thick Environments,” Ap.J. 156, 953-66 (1969).

Zapolsky, H.S. & E.E. Salpeter, “The Mass-Radius Relation for Cold Spheres of Low Mass,” Ap.J. 158, 809-14 (1969).

Bahcall, John N., Martin J. Rees, & E.E. Salpeter, “Extragalactic Pulsars,” Ap.J. 162, 737-42 (1970).

Hollenbach, David &. & E.E. Salpeter, “Surface Recombination of Hydrogen Molecules,” Ap.J. 163, 155-64 (1971).

Salpeter, E.E., “Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae,” Ann. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 9, 127-46 (1971).

Watson, W.D. &. & E.E. Salpeter, “On the Abundances of Interstellar Molecules,” Ap.J. 175, 659-71 (1972).

Salpeter, E.E., “On Convection and Gravitational Layering in Jupiter and in Stars of Low Mass,” Ap.J. 181, L83-L86 (1973).

Sagan, C. & E.E. Salpeter, “Particles, Environments and Possible Ecologies in the Jovian Atmosphere,” Ap.J. Suppl. 32, 737 (1976) [abstract].

Dickey, John M., E.E. Salpeter, & Yervant Terzian, “Interpretation of Neutral Hydrogen Absorption,” Ap.J. 228, 465-74 (1979).

Hoffman, G.L., E.E. Salpeter, & I. Wasserman, “Spherical Simulations of Holes and Honeycombs in Friedmann Universes,” Ap.J. 268, 527 (1983).

Dickey, J.M. & E.E. Salpeter, “1.4 GHz Continuum Sources in the Hercules Cluster,” Ap.J. 284, 461-70 (1984).

Giovanardi, C.; George Helou, E.E. Salpeter, & Nathan Krumm, “Effects of Environment on Neutral Hydrogen Distribution for Disk Galaxies in the Virgo Cluster Area,” Ap.J. 267, 35-51 (1983).

Schneider, S., E. E. Salpeter, and Y. Terzian,“High- Resolution Observations of the Intergalactic HI Cloud in the M96 Group,” Astronomical Journal 91, 13 (1986).

Salpeter, Edwin E., “Large-Scale Structure and Galaxy Disks as Lyman-Alpha Clouds,” Astronomical Journal 106, 1265 (1993).

Chengalur, Jayaram N., E.E. Salpeter, & Yervant Terzian, “Dynamics of Binary Galaxies II: Close Pairs,” Astronomical Journal 107, 1984 (1994).

Salpeter E.E. & S.R. Salpeter, “Mathematical Model for the Epidemiology of Tuberculosis, with Estimates of the Reproductive Number and Infection-delay Function,” Am. J. Epidemiol. 142, 398 (1998).

Salpeter, Edwin E., “Stellar nucleosynthesis,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 71, S220-S222 (1999).

Hoffman, G. Lyle, E.E. Salpeter, & Michael G. Pocceschi, “High-Velocity Cloud Edges and Mini-High-Velocity Clouds,” Ap.J. 576, 232-40 (2002).

Hoffman, L. & E.E. Salpeter, “Smidgens of Fuel for Star Formation,” in E. Corbelli & F. Palle, eds., The Initial Mass Function 50 years Later (Springer, Dordrecht, 2005), p.265.

Salpeter, Edwin E., “Fallacies in Astronomy and Medicine,” Rep. Prog. Phys. 68, 2747-2772 (2005).

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