Nucleosynthesis in Massive Stars and Supernovae
Abstract
We briefly summarize some recent work on nucleosynthesis in massive stars and supernovae. Here we explore: 1) the effect of including additional sources of nucleosynthesis besides massive stars into the mixture - especially classical novae and several varieties of Type Ia supernovae; 2) the sensitivity of the results to choices of theoretical nuclear reaction rates in the mass range 28 <= A <= 70; 3) nucleosynthesis above the iron group using a much larger reaction network; and 4) the sensitivity of these results to recent revisions in experimental reaction rates for isotopes A <= 28. For the recently revised rates, 17O is no longer a massive star product.
- Publication:
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Nuclear Physics A
- Pub Date:
- February 1997
- DOI:
- 10.1016/S0375-9474(97)00288-1
- Bibcode:
- 1997NuPhA.621..445W