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Salpeter process
  فرارَوند ِ سلپتر  
farâravand-e Salpeter
Fr.: processus de Salpeter  

An equation describing how the nuclei of helium fuse together,
in the interior of giant stars, to form carbon nuclei. → triple-alpha process.

See also: Named after the Austrian-Australian-American astrophysicist Edwin Ernest Salpeter (1924-2008); → process.