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P-process

Nuclear processes
Radioactive decay processes
Nucleosynthesis

The P process is a proton capture process in the decay of radioactive elements. Contrast with S and R-processes. Isotope abundances suggest that the p-process is very rare astrophysically, with p-process isotopes having a much small abundance than those of the s-process or r-process.