Speaker
Xiaodong Tang
(Institute of Modern Physics, CAS)
Description
The carbon fusion reaction is a crucial reaction in stellar evolution. Due to its complicated reaction mechanism, there is a large uncertainty in the reaction rate which limits our understanding to various stellar objects, such as massive stars, type Ia supernovae, and superbursts. In this talk, I will review the challenges in the study of carbon burning. I will also report recent results from our studies: 1) an upper limit for the 12C +12C fusion cross sections; 2) examination of the predictive power of extrapolating models for the carbon fusion reaction at stellar energies. An outlook for the future studies will also be presented.
Primary author
Xiaodong Tang
(Institute of Modern Physics, CAS)
