Effects of Hoyle state de-excitation on νp–process nucleosynthesis and Galactic chemical evolution

The particle-induced hadronic de-excitation of the Hoyle state in 12C induced by inelastic scattering in a hot and dense plasma can enhance the triple-alpha reaction rate. This prevents the production of heavy nuclei within the neutrino-driven winds of core-collapse supernovae and raises a question...

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Published in:	Physics Letters B
Main Authors:	Hirokazu Sasaki, Yuta Yamazaki, Toshitaka Kajino, Grant J. Mathews
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2024-04-01
Subjects:	Explosive nucleosynthesis Hypernovae Galaxy chemical evolution Galactic abundances
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269324001394