neutrons from carbon-13
(process by which neutrons are freed in the s process)
Neutrons from carbon-13 (13C) are
freed through this fusion step:
13 4 16
C + He -> O + n
6 2 8
This is one of the sources of free neutrons used by the
s-process in asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars.
(atoms,metals,nucleosynthesis,fusion,carbon)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-process
https://www.chemeurope.com/en/encyclopedia/S-process.html
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015MNRAS.449..506B/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018ApJ...859..105C/abstract
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