The safety valve for the main-sequence star’s nuclear reactions and the reason for its absence in the red giant in which the core is supported by degenerate-electron pressure.

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The safety valve for the main-sequence star’s nuclear reactions and the reason for its absence in the red giant in which the core is supported by degenerate-electron pressure.

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