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Nuclear Aspects of Nucleosynthesis in Massive Stars

T. Rauscher, R. D. Hoffman, A. Heger, S. E. Woosley

nucl-tharXiv:nucl-th/0008065

Abstract

Preliminary results of a new set of stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis calculations for massive stars are presented. These results were obtained with an extended reaction network up to Bi. The discussion focuses on the importance of nuclear rates in pre- and post-explosive nucleosynthesis. The need for further experiments to study specific reactions and nuclear properties (optical alpha+nucleus potentials) is emphasized.

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