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Low-Energy 12C States in Three-α Model

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Cross sections for three-α photodisintegration process of the12C nucleus are calculated by a Faddeev formalism, from which 0+- and 2+ low-lying resonant 12C states are studied. The triple-alpha reaction rate is evaluated from the calculated cross sections of the disintegration process.

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Ishikawa, S. Low-Energy 12C States in Three-α Model. Few-Body Syst 55, 923–926 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00601-013-0788-9

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