The sensitivity of nucleosynthesis in Type I X-ray bursts to thermonuclear reaction-rate variations
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عنوان ژورنال: New Astronomy Reviews
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1387-6473
DOI: 10.1016/j.newar.2008.05.004