Studying X-ray burst nucleosynthesis in the laboratory

C. M. Deibel*, L. Afanasieva, M. Albers, M. Alcorta, S. Almarez-Calderon, S. Bedoor, P. F. Bertone, P. Carnelli, A. A. Chen, J. Chen, J. A. Clark, J. M. Figueira, J. P. Greene, C. R. Hoffman, D. Irvine, C. L. Jiang, B. P. Kay, J. Lai, H. Y. Lee, J. C. LighthallS. Manwell, S. T. Marley, C. Nair, T. Palachan-Hazan, R. C. Pardo, N. Patel, M. Paul, B. C. Rasco, K. E. Rehm, A. M. Rogers, D. Shetty, C. Ugalde, A. Wuosmaa, G. Zinkann

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Abstract

Type I X-ray bursts are the most common explosions in the Galaxy; however, the nucleosynthesis that occurs during the thermonuclear runaway and explosion is poorly understood. In this proceedings we discuss current experimental efforts and techniques that are being used to study X-ray burst nucleosynthesis in the laboratory. Specifically, radioactive ion beam techniques that have recently been developed have allowed the study of some of the most important (α, p) reactions in X-ray bursts for the first time.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012033
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume403
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
EventHorizons of Innovative Theories, Experiments, and Supercomputing in Nuclear Physics, HITES 2012 - New Orleans, LA, United States
Duration: 4 Jun 20127 Jun 2012

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