Sensitivity of X-ray burst models to uncertainties in nuclear processes

Proceedings of Science

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Smith, Karl ^a,b,c   Amthor, A Matthew ^a,b,c   Cyburt, Richard ^a,b,c   Ferguson, Ryan ^a,b,c   Heger, Alexander ^c,d,e   Johnson, Emily ^b   Klein, Matthew ^a,b,c   Meisel, Zachary ^a,b,c   Rauscher, Thomas ^f   Sakharuk, Alexander ^a,b,g   Tielemann, Friedrich K ^f   Schatz, Hendrik ^a,b,c   Warren, Scott ^h   Wiescher, Michael ^a,i  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^g FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Michigan State University   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION TIME; LIGHT CURVES; MULTI-ZONE MODELS; NUCLEAR PROCESS; RATE VARIATION; REACTION SEQUENCES; RELEVANT REACTIONS; X-RAY BURSTS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; REACTION RATES; X RAYS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84887299299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18248039     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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