Nuclear data needs for the study of nucleosynthesis in massive stars

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May 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003nupha.718....3w&link_type=abstract

Nuclear Physics A, Volume 718, p. 3-12.

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Nuclear Physics

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The critical nuclear physics needed to calculate the evolution of and nucleosynthesis in massive stars is reviewed with emphasis on the uncertainties. Some reaction rates - the most important and uncertain still being 12C(α,γ)16O - are important for energy generation and stellar structure. Others, like 22Ne(α, n)25Mg and individual cross sections for neutron capture determine the overall yield and distribution of the s-process for elements lighter than A = 90. Still others affect the synthesis of individual nuclei, e.g., by the v-process, the rp-process, and the γ-process. Weak interaction rates are important in determining the structure of both the pre-collapse and the post-collapse supernova core. Finally, both the site for, and the nuclear physics of the r-precess remains very uncertain, quite possibly because of the neglect of magnetic fields.

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