Mg And Al production in intermediate-mass asymptotic giant branch stars

Karakas, Amanda; Lugaro, Maria Anna; Ugalde, C.; Wiescher, M.; Görres, Joachim

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Mg And Al production in intermediate-mass asymptotic giant branch stars

Date

2006

Authors

Karakas, Amanda

Lugaro, Maria Anna

Ugalde, C.

Wiescher, M.

Görres, Joachim

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

We study how the production of the magnesium and aluminum isotopes in intermediate mass Asymptotic Giant Branch stars is affected by uncertainties in the 22Ne + α-capture reaction rates. We use new estimates of these rates with smaller uncertainties comp