1. Reaction rate for carbon burning in massive stars
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Xiao Fang, Rashi Talwar, John P. Greene, Martín Alcorta, Claudio Ugalde, T. Lauritsen, Brian Bucher, Kalle Auranen, A. D. Ayangeakaa, S. Zhu, B. P. Kay, D. Seweryniak, S. T. Marley, B. B. Back, M. Heine, C. L. Jiang, J. Sethi, L. Morris, D. Bourgin, D. Montanari, A. Lefebvre-Schuhl, S. Bottoni, F. Haas, Clayton Dickerson, Sergio Almaraz-Calderon, K. E. Rehm, D. G. Jenkins, G. Fruet, S. A. Kuvin, B. DiGiovine, C. M. Deibel, C. R. Hoffman, Daniel Santiago-Gonzalez, S. Courtin, R. C. Pardo, X. Tang, M. P. Carpenter, R. V. F. Janssens, Melina Avila, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)
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Physics ,Fusion ,Isotope ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,S-factor ,chemistry.chemical_element ,7. Clean energy ,01 natural sciences ,Reaction rate ,Nuclear physics ,Critical phase ,Stars ,Physique [physics]/Astrophysique [astro-ph] ,chemistry ,13. Climate action ,Nucleosynthesis ,0103 physical sciences ,lipids (amino acids, peptides, and proteins) ,010306 general physics ,[PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] ,Carbon - Abstract
International audience; Carbon burning is a critical phase for nucleosynthesis in massive stars. The conditions for igniting this burning stage, and the subsequent isotope composition of the resulting ashes, depend strongly on the reaction rate for C12+C12 fusion at very low energies. Results for the cross sections for this reaction are influenced by various backgrounds encountered in measurements at such energies. In this paper, we report on a new measurement of C12+C12 fusion cross sections where these backgrounds have been minimized. It is found that the astrophysical S factor exhibits a maximum around Ecm=3.5–4.0 MeV, which leads to a reduction of the previously predicted astrophysical reaction rate.
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- 2018