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During the course of their evolution, sufficiently massive stars (10 M⊙ ≲ M ≲ 60 M⊙) acquire an “onion skin” structure. This consists of an iron-nickel core surrounded by concentric shells of 28Si, 16O, 20Ne, 12C, 4He, and H. There is also some admixture of 24Mg, 32S, and other elements in the inner zones. For a recent evolutionary calculation, see [30].
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Straumann, N. (1984). Neutron Stars. In: General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics. Texts and Monographs in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84439-3_12
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