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Nuclear physics

excited resonance of carbon-12 near the triple-alpha threshold whose existence was predicted to explain carbon production in stars.

In nuclear physics, Hoyle state refers to excited resonance of carbon-12 near the triple-alpha threshold whose existence was predicted to explain carbon production in stars. This meaning comes from Hoyle (1954) in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.[1]

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References

Hoyle, F. (1954). On Nuclear Reactions Occuring in Very Hot STARS.I. the Synthesis of Elements from Carbon to Nickel. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 1, 121. https://doi.org/10.1086/190005

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