出版社：SISSA, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati
摘要：We study the effect of uncertainties in the proton-capture reaction rates of the NeNa and MgAl
chains on nucleosynthesis due to the operation of hot bottom burning (HBB) in intermediate-mass
asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars. HBB nucleosynthesis is associated with the production of
sodium, radioactive 26Al and the heavy magnesium isotopes, and it is possibly responsible for the
O, Na, Mg and Al abundance anomalies observed in globular cluster stars.
We model HBB with an analytic code based on full stellar evolution models so we can quickly
cover a large parameter space. The reaction rates are varied rst individually, then all together.
This creates a knock-on effect, where an increase of one reaction rate affects production of an
isotope further down the reaction chain. We nd the yields of 22Ne, 23Na and 26Al to be the most
susceptible to current nuclear reaction rate uncertainties.
