helium burning

English

Noun

helium burning (uncountable)

(physics, astronomy) the nucleosynthesis process, in stars where temperatures exceed 10⁸K, in which helium is converted to carbon and subsequently to oxygen, neon and magnesium

Translations

process, in which helium is converted to carbon

German: Heliumbrennen (de) f

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