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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