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PIONS may be produced in thermonuclear interactions between nucleons in material at a temperature ≳1010 K. Pion production followed by secondary interaction is among the many processes contributing to the statistical equilibrium of a high temperature astrophysical system. Charged pions do, however, undergo decay as an alternative to secondary interaction, producing μ-neutrinos (vμ); if these neutrinos have a high escape probability, their emission may cause an appreciable energy loss from the system.
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FALLA, D., SALE, R. Thermonuclear Pion Production and High Temperature Stars. Nature 223, 725–726 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/223725a0
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