<p>Your linked article is about relativistic jets <em>internal</em> to collapsing stars, where the density is high enough for nucleosynthesis to proceed. This cannot be observed directly. Without such observations, this model is difficult to verify.</p>

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2024-05-11T09:36:23.633Z
+1. Nice answer. Just need to ask 1 thing: Even if it is unobservable, is it theoretically possible? and if so what are the challenges?
Arjun
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2024-05-11T22:19:59.993Z
Theoretically possible? I think so. The challenge with supernovae is that the star blows up and leaves little evidence of what was going on inside it.
John Doty
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2024-05-12T07:15:29.943Z
Thanks for the answer
Arjun
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John Doty
<p>By answering a <a href="https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/57530/does-a-relativistic-jet-contain-dust-particles/57589#57589">recent question</a> about relativistic jets and their cooling I became more curious about relativistic jets. This might be a totally another sub topic on relativistic jets. But I was wondering could nucleosynthesis occur in relativistic jets? A couple of research papers show that it could occur but I wonder if they are verified (<a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008ApJ...680.1350F/abstract" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008ApJ...680.1350F/abstract</a>). This research paper particullarly states collapsors which are different from black holes but I might wonder if it is the same case for relativistic jets.</p>

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Does nucleosynthesis such as R Process, S Process, and P process occur in relativistic jets?
Arjun
# Does nucleosynthesis such as R Process, S Process, and P process occur in relativistic jets?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-05-09)

By answering a [recent question](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/57530/does-a-relativistic-jet-contain-dust-particles/57589#57589) about relativistic jets and their cooling I became more curious about relativistic jets. This might be a totally another sub topic on relativistic jets. But I was wondering could nucleosynthesis occur in relativistic jets? A couple of research papers show that it could occur but I wonder if they are verified (<https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008ApJ...680.1350F/abstract>). This research paper particullarly states collapsors which are different from black holes but I might wonder if it is the same case for relativistic jets.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2024-05-10. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Your linked article is about relativistic jets *internal* to collapsing stars, where the density is high enough for nucleosynthesis to proceed. This cannot be observed directly. Without such observations, this model is difficult to verify.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: +1. Nice answer. Just need to ask 1 thing: Even if it is unobservable, is it theoretically possible? and if so what are the challenges?  
> **username_1**: Theoretically possible? I think so. The challenge with supernovae is that the star blows up and leaves little evidence of what was going on inside it.  
> **username_0**: Thanks for the answer  

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