Introduction

Presented is a compilation of stellar nuclear reaction rates for light, intermediate mass, and heavy nuclei used in calculations of stellar nucleosynthesis. These are intended to replace the reaction rate compilation developed by R. Hoffman and S. Woosley (version 92.1, 1992). For a brief discussion of the nuclear data needs for astrophysics and their impact on nucleosynthesis and stellar structure in massive stars, see Hoffman et al. 2002.

This compilation represents our choice of so called "standard" reaction rates used in our latest calculations of nucleosynthesis in massive stars (Rauscher, Heger, Hoffman, & Woosley 2002, ApJ in press). In future releases of this compilation, we will provide references to other sources of information.

Acknowledgement

This website provides a glimpse into the nuclear data effort at LLNL in support of the Supernova Science Center, and is funded in part through the Scientific Discovery Through Advanced Computing initiative 01-11 by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics.

Outline

The main page provides links to stellar reaction rate data for strong, electromagnetic, and weak interactions on 4,673 nuclei from H-Bi (a plot of the size of our new network is provided here). Neutrino intereaction rates are also included, as well as a table of solar abundances. Also provided is a complete bibliography for each reaction rate tabulated.

Other Sources of Astrophysical Reaction Rates

University of Basel REACLIB
University of Brussels Institut d'Astronomie et d' Astrophysique NETGEN
The NACRE Collaboration Nuclear Astrophysics Compilation of Reaction Rates
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Nuclear Astrophysics Data
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Nuclear Data for Astrophysics
Los Alamos National Laboratory Nuclear Astrophysics, - T2 Nuclear Properties for Astrophysics
NASA The NASA Astrophysics Data System (U.S.)

Photo Credits

The thumbnail pictures throughout this web site were drawn from (and link to) the Astronomy Picture of the Day website with permission of Robert Nemiroff (MTU) and Jerry Bonnell (USRA).