Abstract
Energy production in Type Ia x-ray bursts depends on a number of nuclear reactions that become efficient in a hot environment (up to 2 GK). Model sensitivity studies have been performed in an effort to better identify the reactions that have the largest effect, but these efforts are hampered by the high level of complexity of the astrophysical model and large nuclear physics uncertainties. In a recent study, the reaction was found to significantly affect the energy generation in x-ray bursts. This manuscript reports the first study of the reaction at energies relevant for x-ray bursts. The branches to the excited states increase to a small degree the estimates of the total astrophysical reaction rate.
1 More- Received 19 December 2019
- Accepted 25 August 2020
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.102.035805
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