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stellar fusion chain in which three helium-4 nuclei combine, via unstable beryllium-8, into carbon-12 in hot red giant cores.

In astrophysics, triple-alpha process refers to stellar fusion chain in which three helium-4 nuclei combine, via unstable beryllium-8, into carbon-12 in hot red giant cores. This meaning comes from Salpeter (1952) in The Astrophysical Journal.[1]

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References

Salpeter, E. E. (1952). Nuclear Reactions in Stars Without Hydrogen. The Astrophysical Journal, 115, 326. https://doi.org/10.1086/145546

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