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Now that we have established how energy is transported in the stellar interior, we shall backtrack and see how that energy is generated. This chapter will discuss energy production by the conversion of gravitational energy into internal energy and by thermonuclear processes. One section will deal with neutrinos.
Energy is Eternal Delight
— William Blake (1757–1827)
Don’t get smart alecksy with the galaxy leave the atom alone.
— E.Y. Harburg (on the “Bomb”)
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Hansen, C.J., Kawaler, S.D. (1994). Stellar Energy Sources. In: Stellar Interiors. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0214-8_6
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