Study of the .sup.12./sup.C +.sup.16./sup.O fusion reaction in carbon burning via the Trojan Horse Method

0572940 - ÚJF 2024 RIV FR eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Oliva, A. A. - Tumino, A. - Soic, N. - Prajapati, M. P. - Kilic, Ali Ihsan … Total 45 authors
Study of the ¹²C +¹⁶O fusion reaction in carbon burning via the Trojan Horse Method.
EPJ Web of Confereneces. Vol. 279. Les Ulis: edp sciences, 2023, č. článku 11015. ISSN 2100-014X.
[Conference on Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics /10./. Geneva (CH), 05.09.2022-09.09.2022]
Research Infrastructure: SPIRAL2-CZ III - 90271
Institutional support: RVO:61389005
Keywords : nuclear reactions * cross section
OECD category: Astronomy (including astrophysics,space science)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202327911015

C-12 +C-12 is the main reaction during core and shell carbon burning in massive stars, however, at temperatures higher than K-109 when most of the carbon is depleted and its abundance is lower than O-16, the C-12 +O-16 fusion can also become relevant. Moreover, C-12 +O-16 reaction can ignite also in the scenario of explosive carbon burning. The astrophysical energy region of interest thus ranges from 3 to 7.2 MeV in the center-of-mass frame. There are various measurements of the cross-section available in the literature, however, they all stop around 4 MeV, making extrapolation necessary at lower energies. To try to solve this uncertainty and corroborate direct measurement the Trojan Horse Method was applied to three-body processes O-16(N-14, alpha Mg-24)H-2 and O-16(N-14, p(27)Al)H-2 to study the O-16(C-12, alpha)Mg-24 and O-16(C-12, p)Al-27 reactions.
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