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On the Mass of Supernova Progenitors: The Role of the \(^{12}\)C\(+^{12}\)C Reaction

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Nuclei in the Cosmos XV

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A precise knowledge of the masses of supernova progenitors is essential to answer various questions of modern astrophysics, such as those related to the dynamical and chemical evolution of Galaxies. In this paper we revise the upper bound for the mass of the progenitors of CO white dwarfs (\(M_{up}\)) and the lower bound for the mass of the progenitors of normal type II supernovae (\(M_{up}^{\star }\)). In particular, we present new stellar models with mass between 7 and 10 \(M_\odot \), discussing their final destiny and the impact of recent improvements in our understanding of the low energy rate of the \(^{12}\)C\(+^{12}\)C reaction.

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  1. INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico d’Abruzzo, Teramo, Italy

    Oscar Straniero & Luciano Piersanti

  2. INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, Italy

    Oscar Straniero

  3. INFN, Perugia, Italy

    Luciano Piersanti

  4. Departamento de Fisica Teorica y del Cosmos, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain

    Inma Dominguez

  5. Facoltá di Ingegneria e Architettura, Universitá degli Studi di Enna Kore, Enna, Italy

    Aurora Tumino

  6. INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy

    Aurora Tumino

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  1. Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, L’Aquila, Italy

    Alba Formicola

  2. Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, L’Aquila, Italy

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  3. Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Caserta, Italy

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  4. Dipartimento di Fisica “E. Pancini”, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Napoli, Italy

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Straniero, O., Piersanti, L., Dominguez, I., Tumino, A. (2019). On the Mass of Supernova Progenitors: The Role of the \(^{12}\)C\(+^{12}\)C Reaction. In: Formicola, A., Junker, M., Gialanella, L., Imbriani, G. (eds) Nuclei in the Cosmos XV. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 219. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13876-9_2

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