Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
May 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985ndba.confq....m&link_type=abstract
Presented at the Intern. Conf. on Nucl. Data for Basic and Appl. Sci., Santa Fe, N. Mex., 13 May 1985
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Alpha Particles, Astrophysics, Decay Rates, Heavy Elements, Hydrogen, Neutron Scattering, Neutrons, Nuclear Astrophysics, Nuclear Fusion, Nuclear Reactions, Particle Interactions, Proton Scattering, Radiation Absorption, Charged Particles, Experimentation, Red Giant Stars, Supernovae
Scientific paper
A number of astrophysical environments and how improved nuclear data could facilitate a better understanding of them is discussed. One area of interest includes proton and alpha-particle reactions with unstable nuclei which are necessary for understanding the nucleosynthesis and energy generation in hot hydrogen-burning environments. Efforts underway at LLNL and elsewhere to develop the technology for the measurement of these reaction rates are discussed. Heavy-element nucleosynthesis in the late stages of red-giant stars and supernovae requires a complete network of neutron capture rates and beta-decay rates for nuclei near and far from stability. Experimental and theoretical efforts at LLNL to supply the input data and to model the nucleosynthetic environments will be outlined. Suggestions are made as to which nuclear data are most critical for the various scenarios.
Bauer Wolfgang R.
Bloom Steven David
Haight Robert C.
Howard Michael W.
Mathews Grant J.
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