"helium flash" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: helium flashes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} helium flash (plural helium flashes)
  1. (astronomy) The sudden beginning of the burning of helium in the core of stars of intermediate mass or on the surface of an accreting white dwarf. Wikipedia link: helium flash Categories (topical): Astronomy, Nuclear physics Coordinate_terms: carbon detonation Translations (sudden beginning of helium burn): heliumleimahdus (Finnish), 헬륨섬광 (hellyumseomgwang) (alt: 閃光) (Korean)

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