Triple-alpha Reaction Rate Research Articles

Screened triple-alpha reaction rate to produce carbon in stellar interiors

Recent experimental data for radiative width and resonance energy are used to find reaction rates and mean lives for triple-alpha reaction affecting screening effect. The reaction rates are found to be drastically altered. Plots of various dimensionless parameters in temperature-density plane are given. The red-giant sttage will be of short duration. The mean lives for gravitationally collapsing stars are insignificantly small. Our results at ϱ=105 g cm−3 greatly differ fro those of Burbidgeet al. (1957).