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In physical cosmology, the Alpher–Bethe–Gamow paper, or αβγ paper, was created by Ralph Alpher, then a physics PhD student, and his advisor George Gamow. The work, which would become the subject of Alpher's PhD dissertation, argued that the Big Bang would create hydrogen, helium and heavier elements in the correct proportions to explain their abundance in the early universe. While the original theory neglected a number of processes important to the formation of heavy elements, subsequent developments showed that Big Bang nucleosynthesis is consistent with the observed constraints on all primordial elements. Formally titled "The Origin of Chemical Elements", it was published in the April 1948 issue of ''Physical Review''. == Bethe's name == Gamow humorously decided to add the name of his friend—the eminent physicist Hans Bethe—to this paper in order to create the whimsical author list of Alpher, Bethe, Gamow, a play on the Greek letters α, β, and γ (alpha, beta, gamma). Bethe was listed in the article as "H. Bethe, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York." In his 1952 book, ''The Creation of the Universe'', Gamow explained Hans Bethe's association with the theory thus: After this, Bethe did work on big bang nucleosynthesis. Alpher, at the time only a graduate student, was generally dismayed by the inclusion of Bethe's name on this paper. He felt that the inclusion of another eminent physicist would overshadow his personal contribution to this work and prevent him from receiving proper recognition for such an important discovery. He expressed resentment over Gamow's whimsy as late as 1999.〔(The Last Big Bang Man Left Standing – physicist Ralph Alpher devised Big Bang Theory of universe ) (Archive.org mirror), ''Discover'', July 1999〕〔(Discussion of Alpher's role ), ''NPR'', June 1999〕〔(The forgotten father of the Big Bang ), ''The Daily Telegraph'', 22 September 2004〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alpher–Bethe–Gamow paper」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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