Revisiting the 3α reaction rates in helium burning stars

Helium burning is one of the most fundamental steps of stellar nucleosynthesis, as it describes the formation of life-determining element of carbon, while it plays a key role in the evolution of Red Giant, accreting White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars. In this work we develop a generalized statistical th...

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Published in:	Physics Letters B
Main Authors:	T. Depastas, S.T. Sun, H.B. He, H. Zheng, A. Bonasera
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2025-01-01
Subjects:	Triple alpha reaction Sub-barrier fusion Imaginary time method Helium burning Stellar reaction rates
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037026932400738X

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