Speaker
Luciano Piersanti
(INAF - Rome)
Description
In spite of their pivotal role in observational cosmology and and in the determination of the chemical composition of matter in the Universe, Type Ia SNe Ia still represent an intriguing mystery. In fact, up to now no clear consensus there exists concerning their progenitor systems and the explosion mechanism.
In this talk I review the uncertainties in our current understanding of these explosive phenomena and I will discuss how a more precise determination of the C12+C12 cross section could help in solving the "SNe Ia problem".