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by pgalvin 152 days ago
The s-, i-, and r-processes do however follow the same mechanism at the most fundamental level, even if it results in wildly different production paths. I think the author was simplifying for an audience unfamiliar with the details, for whom this distinction is less important.

(And I say that despite my own work and usual eagerness to tell people all about it!)