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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1607-1610 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Few-Body Systems |
Volume | 54 |
Issue number | 7-10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 Aug |