Why Can't a Lower-Mass Star Generate Energy Through Carbon Flash

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Why can't a lower-mass star generate energy through carbon flash?

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Definitions:

Normal Distribution

A probability distribution resembling a bell curve, symmetric around the average, indicating that occurrences close to the mean are more common than those further away.

Standard Deviation

A procedure for quantifying the degree of variance or distribution of values.

Unknown Mean

Refers to a situation in statistics where the average value of a dataset is not known and needs to be estimated.

Normal Random Variable

A variable that assumes any of the infinitely many values in a normal distribution curve.