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Flatworldnotearth t1_itzgu7f wrote

Reply to comment by mfb- in Would heavy unstable elements at the core of a star have a significantly extended half-life due to gravity? by SpectralMagic

For extremely high temperatures in of over 2.7GK required for silicon fusion for example it could have been several orders of magnitudes greater.

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mfb- t1_itzimnc wrote

2.7 GK / 15 MK = 200, so we get 1+10^(-6) for uranium. Still smaller than the gravitational effect, especially if we consider that we are now looking at the core of a far more massive star.

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