Bottlenecks and waiting points in nucleosynthesis in X-ray bursts and novae

  • Michael S. Smith
  • , Tomomi Sunayama
  • , W. Raphael Hix
  • , Eric J. Lingerfelt
  • , Caroline D. Nesaraja

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Abstract

To better understand the energy generation and element synthesis occurring in novae and X-ray bursts, we give quantitative definitions to the concepts of "bottlenecks" and "waiting points" in the thermonuclear reaction flow.We use these criteria to search for bottlenecks and waiting points in post-processing element synthesis explosion simulations. We have incorporated these into the Computational Infrastructure for Nuclear Astrophysics, a suite of nuclear astrophysics codes available online at nucastrodata.org, so that anyone may perform custom searches for bottlenecks and waiting points.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication10th International Symposium on Origin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies, OMEG10
Pages439-441
Number of pages3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event10th International Symposium on Origin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies, OMEG10 - Osaka, Japan
Duration: Mar 8 2010Mar 10 2010

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1269
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference10th International Symposium on Origin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies, OMEG10
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityOsaka
Period03/8/1003/10/10

Keywords

  • Bottleneck reaction
  • Computer software
  • Nova
  • Nucleosynthesis
  • Radioactive beams
  • Waiting point
  • X-ray burst

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