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In this chapter we consider the main types of nuclear reactions in stars, the rate of energy production by these reactions and the main aspects of stellar nucleosynthesis.
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Maciel, W.J. (2016). Energy Production. In: Introduction to Stellar Structure. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16142-6_12
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