Alpha-clustering and the stellar nucleosynthesis of carbon

Oberhummer, H., Krauss, H., Grun, K., Rauscher, T., Abele, H., Mohr, P. and Staudt, G. (1994) Alpha-clustering and the stellar nucleosynthesis of carbon. Zeitschrift fur Physik A-Hadrons and Nuclei, 349 (3-4). pp. 241-242. ISSN 0939-7922

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The astrophysical S-factor and reaction rates for the triple-alpha process are calculated in the direct-capture model. It is shown that the stellar carbon production is extremely sensitive to small variations in the N-N interaction.