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Proton Rich Nuclear Statistical Equilibrium Ivo Seitenzahl∗ University of Chicago and Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics E-mail: irs@ F. X. Timmes P o Arizona State University E-mail: fxt44@ Abel Marin-Laflèche S École Polytechnique Palaiseau ( E-mail: amarinlafleche@yahoo.fr N Edward Brown I Michigan State University C E-mail: ebrown@ Georgios Magkotsios X ) University of Notre Dame E-mail: gmagkots@ James Truran 1 University of Chicago and Argonne National Labs 2 E-mail: truran@ 5 Proton-rich material in a state of nuclear statistical equilibrium (NSE) is one of the least studied regimes of nucleosynthesis. One reason for this is that after hydrogen