Astrophysical importance of the reaction C12 + O16

Stanford E. Woosley; W. David Arnett; Donald D. Clayton

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.27.213

Astrophysical importance of the reaction C12 + O16

Stanford E. Woosley, W. David Arnett, Donald D. Clayton

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The nuclear reactions between C12 and O16 are shown to be vitally important during explosive oxygen burning because they regulate the number of α particles produced per Si28 nucleus. Since it appears that explosive oxygen burning produces the observed abundances of the nuclei between Si28 and Ca42, the value of the C12 + O16 total reaction cross section will help determine the nature of the explosions that have produced the elements.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	213-216
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	27
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.27.213
State	Published - 1971
Externally published	Yes

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