Exploring Enhanced 12C Production in Astrophysical Environments through Inverse Maxwellian Averaged Reaction Rate.

A significant increase in stable ¹²C production can result from lightparticle- induced deexcitation from resonances above the 3α breakup threshold. The enhancement in ¹²C production has been calculated in the temperature range of T₉ = 0.1 to 10 using the inverse Maxwellian Averaged Reaction Rate (MARR) generated directly by the TALYS code, a unique new approach. Calculated proton-induced enhancements are nearly identical to the conventional approach, but the neutron-induced enhancements are strikingly different at low temperatures. An attempt has been made to analyze the differences between the two approaches. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]