GPPU Seminar

How to burn carbon and make ⁶⁰Fe in stars?

Xiaodong Tang
(Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Date

10:00-12:00, July 08th, 2019

Place

Room 745, Science Complex B (H-03) map

Abstract

Carbon burning is a major burning process in massive stars. The primary reaction is the ¹²C+¹²C fusion reaction, serving as a pathway to create elements heavier than carbon. ⁶⁰Fe is a short-lived isotope with a half-life of 2.62 Myr. It is mainly produced by carbon burning and dispersed into the space after supernova explosion. The detection of ⁶⁰Fe in the solar system indicates the existence of near-earth supernova. In this lecture, I will introduce the nucleosynthesis during the carbon burning and the related problems in nuclear physics.

Point

GSP 1

Contact: Yusuke Tanimura (tanimura [at] nucl.phys.tohoku.ac.jp)