Salpeter

Salpeter may refer to:

Science

 * 11757 Salpeter, a minor planet found in 1960 by a team from Palomar Observatory
 * Bethe–Salpeter equation, describes two-particle quantum field binding, derived by Hans Bethe and Edwin Salpeter
 * Salpeter process, a process of nuclear fusion mathematically defined by Edwin Salpeter
 * Salpeter initial mass function, an early and influential model for the distribution of the masses of stars upon formation

People

 * Edwin Ernest Salpeter (1924–2008), US astrophysicist
 * Greta Salpeter (born 1988), US musician
 * Lonah Chemtai Salpeter (born 1988), Kenyan-born Israeli Olympic runner
 * Miriam Salpeter (1929—2000). US neurobiologist, wife of Edwin Ernest Salpeter