Nucleosynthesis in thermonuclear supernovae

Claudia Travaglio; W. Raphael Hix

doi:10.1007/s11467-013-0315-y

Nucleosynthesis in thermonuclear supernovae

Claudia Travaglio, W. Raphael Hix

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Abstract

We review our understanding of the nucleosynthesis that occurs in thermonuclear supernovae and their contribution to Galactic Chemical evolution. We discuss the prospects to improve the modeling of the nucleosynthesis within simulations of these events.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	199-216
Number of pages	18
Journal	Frontiers of Physics
Volume	8
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-013-0315-y
State	Published - Apr 2013

Funding

Acknowledgements C. Travaglio thanks Regione Lombardia, CILEA Consortium through a LISA Initiative (Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Advanced Simulation) 2010 grant, and B2FH Association, for their support. C. Travaglio also thanks R. Gallino, W. Hillebrandt and F. Roepke for their fruitful collaboration. W. R. Hix acknowledges support from the Office of Nuclear Physics of the U.S. Department of Energy and the Nuclear Theory and Stellar Astrophysics programs of the U.S. National Science Foundation. W. R. Hix thanks E. Feger, M. W. Guidry, O. E. B. Messer, S. Parete-Koon and F.-K. Thielemann for invaluable discussions.

Keywords

chemical evolution
explosive nucleosynthesis
hydrodynamics
nuclear reactions
stellar spectra
supernovae

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