Abstract
Using steady flow calculations, we find that the solar system r-process abundance distribution could have been formed in astrophysical environments with neutron number densities ranging from 1020 to 1021 cm−. Assuming mixing between the H-rich envelope and the helium core, such neutron number densities can be produced by 13C during helium core flashes in low mass stars. These results indicate that low mass stars may have been responsible for synthesizing many of the solar system r-process nuclei.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Cameron, A.G.W.: 1982, in “Essays in Nuclear Astrophysics,” ed. C.A. Barnes, D.D. Clayton, and D.M. Schramm (Cambridge: University Press), pp. 23–43.
Cameron, A.G.W., Delano, M.D., and Truran, J.W.: 1970, CERN, 70-30, p. 735.
Cameron, A.G.W., Cowan, J.J., Klapdor, H.V., Hetzinger, J., Oda, T., and Truran, J.W.: 1983, Astrophys. Space Sci., 91, p. 221.
Cameron, A.G.W., Cowan, J.J., and Truran, J.W.: 1983, Astrophys. Space Sci., 91, p. 235.
Colgate, S.A.: 1971, Ap.J., 163, p. 221.
Cowan, J.J., Cameron, A.G.W., and Truran, J.W.: 1982, Ap.J., 252, p. 348.
Cowan, J.J., Cameron, A.G.W., and Truran, J.W.: 1983, in preparation.
Deupree, R.G., and Cole, P.W.: 1983, Ap.J., in press.
Hillebrandt, W., Takahashi, K., and Kodama, T.: 1976, Astron. Astrophys., 52, p. 63.
Hillebrandt, W., and Thielemann, F.K.: 1977, in “Mitt. Astron. Gesellschaft,” 43, p. 234.
Klapdor, H.V., and Oda, T.: 1980, Ap.J. (Letters), 242, p. L49.
Klapdor, H.V., Oda, T., Metzinger, J., Hillebrandt, W., and Thielemann, F.K.: 1981, Z. Phys. A-Atoms and Nuclei, 299, p. 213.
Kodama, T., and Takahashi, K.: 1973, Phys. Letters, 43B, p. 167.
LeBlanc, J.M., and Wilson, J.R.: 1970, Ap.J., 161, p. 541.
Meier, D.L., Epstein, R.I., Arnett, W.D., and Schramm, D.N.: 1976, Ap.J., 204, p. 869.
Schramm, D.N.: 1973, Ap.J., 185, p. 293.
Seeger, P.A., Fowler, W.A., and Clayton, D.D.: 1965, Ap.J. Suppl., 11, p. 121.
Takahashi, K., and Yamada, M.: 1969, Progr. Theor. Phys., 41., p. 1470.
Truran, J.W., Cowan, J.J., and Cameron, A.G.W.: 1978, Ap.J. (Letters), 222, p. L63.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1984 D. Reidel Publishing Company
About this paper
Cite this paper
Cowan, J.J., Cameron, A.G.W., Truran, J.W. (1984). r-Process Production in Low Mass Stars. In: Chiosi, C., Renzini, A. (eds) Stellar Nucleosynthesis. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 109. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6348-1_14
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6348-1_14
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-94-009-6350-4
Online ISBN: 978-94-009-6348-1
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive