Retraction: The Nucleosynthesis and Reaction Rates of Fluorine 19 (19 F) in the Sun (J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 1258 012024)

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This article has been retracted by IOP Publishing following an allegation of plagiarism. IOP Publishing has investigated in line with the COPE guidelines and has discovered that there are significant, unattributed similarities with a number of earlier publications by different authors [1-4]. The evidence gathered by IOP Publishing to date considerably reduces confidence in the work to the extent that IOP Publishing has made the decision to retract the work. IOP Publishing wishes to credit the anonymous whistleblower for bringing the issue to our attention. The authors disagree with this retraction. [1] H. N. Li et al, (2013), ‘FLUORINE ABUNDANCES OF GALACTIC LOW-METALLICITY GIANTS’. The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 765, Number 1 https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/765/1/51 [2] M Lugaro et al, (2004), ‘Reaction Rate Uncertainties and the Production of 19F in Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars’. The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 615, Number 2 https://doi.org/10.1086/424559 [3] G. Meynet, M. Arnould, (2000), ‘Synthesis of 19F in Wolf-Rayet stars’. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 355, 176-180 https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0001170 [4] K Cunha et al, (2003), ‘Fluorine Abundances in the Large Magellanic Cloud and ω Centauri: Evidence for Neutrino Nucleosynthesis?’ The Astronomical Journal, Volume 126, Number 3 https://doi.org/10.1086/377023 Retraction published: 11 November 2024