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Stellar nuclear reaction rates (in cm3 mole-1 s-1)
for the triple-alpha reaction, and the three heavy ion reactions involving 12C and 16O,
their inverses, and branching ratios for decay into n, p, alpha, or deuteron channels from the
compund nucleus are tabulated for 11 values of temperature.
The density dependence for all reaction channels is set to unity. The 3a reaction has been
divided by 6 to account for identical interacting particles, the c12+c12, and o16+o16
reactions have been divided by 2. These three reactions are the primary energy source
reactions during stellar core helium, carbon, and oxygen burning, respectively.
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