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 astronomer
 - Greta Salpeter (born 1988), U.S. musician
 - Lonah Chemtai Salpeter (born 1988), Kenyan-Israeli Olympic runner
 - Miriam Salpeter (1929—2000). US neurobiologist, wife of Edwin Ernest Salpeter
 
See also
- Saltpeter (disambiguation)
 - Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, a teaching hospital in Paris, France
 
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