Implications for Type Ia Supernova Nucleosynthesis from an Experimentally Constrained 16O(p,α)13N Reaction Rate
By performing the first direct measurement of the 16O(p,α)13N reaction at astrophysical energies, researchers determined a thermonuclear rate approximately 1.5 times higher than standard values, thereby ruling out a previously suggested seven-fold enhancement and concluding that this reaction alone cannot explain observed calcium-to-sulphur and argon-to-sulphur ratio variations in Type Ia supernovae.
M. Alruwaili (University of York, UK, Northern Border University, Saudi Arabia), C. Fougeres (Argonne National Laboratory, USA), A. M. Laird (University of York, UK), H. Jayatissa (Argonne National Laboratory, USA), M. L. Avila (Argonne National Laboratory, USA), E. Bravo (Universidad de Granada, Spain), C. Angus (University of York, UK, TRIUMF, Canada), C. Badenes (University of Pittsburgh, USA), S. Chakraborty (University of York, UK), C. Diget (University of York, UK), N. de Sereville (Institut de Physique Nucleaire d'Orsay, France), A. Hall-Smith (University of York, UK), R. Longland (North Carolina State University, USA, Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, USA), W. -J. Ong (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA), K. E. Rehm (Argonne National Laboratory, USA), D. Santiago-Gonzalez (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)2026-03-09🔭 astro-ph