Non-resonant Triple-α Reaction Rate at Low Temperature

A. Tamii, N. Aoi, H. Fujita, Y. Fujita, K. Hatanaka, T. Hashimoto, T. Kawabata, K. Miki, M. Itoh, T. Itoh, M. Kamimura, K. Ogata, H. J. Ong, H. Sakaguchi, T. Shima, T. Suzuki, T. Yamamoto

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Abstract

The triple α reaction rate in stars is quite important in many astrophysical scenarios including the stellar evolution and carbon synthesis in stars. Recently the non-resonant triple α reaction rate has been reevaluated using a calculation with the continuum-discretized coupled-channels (CDCC) method, which dramatically increased the rate at low temperature compared to the widely-used NACRE compilation. Since the enhancement influences strongly on astrophysical model simulations, we have planned an experiment for drawing conclusion on the non-resonant triple α reaction rate at low temperature by measuring the three-α continuum state in 12C. We report the present situation of the experiment.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1607-1610
Number of pages4
JournalFew-Body Systems
Volume54
Issue number7-10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013 Aug

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