A sufficiently large and hot stellar core may generate gamma-rays energetic enough to initiate photodisintegration directly, which will cause a complete collapse of the core.
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In recent years the discovery of extrasolar planets has excited interest in the possibility of detecting their transits across their own stellar primaries.