Carbon Burning: Theory, Astrophysics and Experiments

30 Jun 2026, 08:30 → 2 Jul 2026, 16:30 Europe/Rome

Sala Conferenze di Palazzo del Monte di Pietà

Jakub Skowronski (UNIPD and INFN PD)

The workshop aims to merge and deeply discuss recent results from the main experimental groups, active in the measurement of the cross section of the ¹²C+¹²C reactions. The workshop is going to be organized to have a session for the detailed description of the data and their uncertainty. One of the main session of the workshop will be dedicated to the discussion and comperison between the different datasets. The astrophysical impact of the data, as well as the open questions will be investigated and evaluated thanks to the expertise of theoretical groups, focused on stellar models. 

Ultimately the workshop aims to define a shared roadmap with the  goals for the future measurements, opening the path to collaborations among the groups.

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Tuesday 30 June

08:30 → 09:00 Welcome

09:00 → 10:30 Astrophysics I

09:00 The role of the 12C+12C on the stellar evolution"

Speaker: Dr Alessandro Chieffi (INAF - Rome)

09:30 Carbon burning and Type I a Supernova

Speaker: Luciano Piersanti (INAF - Rome)

10:00 12C+12C and 12C+160 reaction rates and stellar evolution

Speaker: Dr Thibaut Dumont (IPHC Strasbourg)

10:30 → 11:00 Cofee Break

11:00 → 12:30 Astrophysics II

11:30 Impact of 12C+12C on massive stars nucleosynthesis in general

Speaker: Dr Lorenzo Roberti (INFN - LNS)

12:30 → 14:30 Lunch Break

14:30 → 16:00 Direct Measurements I

15:00 Status of the 12C + 12C at LUNA

Speaker: Dr Alba Formicola (INFN Rome)

15:30 Status of the 12C + 12C at CIRCE

Speaker: Prof. Antonino Di Leva (University and INFN of Naples)

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee Break

16:30 → 18:00 Direct Measurements II

16:30 Status of the STELLA measurement of 12C+12C

Speaker: Dr Marcel Heine (IPHC Strasbourg)

17:00 Status of the 12C + 12C at LEAF-TDL

Speaker: Prof. Xiaodong Tang (Institute of Modern Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences)

20:00 → 20:20 Social Dinner

Wednesday 1 July

09:00 → 10:30 Indirect Measurements I

09:00 Trojan Horse Method for 12C + 12C reaction

Speaker: marco la cognata (infn-lns)

09:30 Extending the Hoyle-state paradigm to 12C + 12C fusion

Speaker: Prof. David Jenkins (University of York)

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 12:30 Indirect Measurements II

11:00 Low-energy fusion hindrance in medium-light systems

Speaker: Prof. Giovanna Montagnoli (UNIPD)

11:30 Modified Trojan Horse Method

Speaker: Prof. Akram Mukhamedzhanov (Texas A&M University)

12:30 → 14:30 Lunch Break

14:30 → 16:00 Theory I

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee Break

16:30 → 18:00 Theroy II

16:30 R-matrix for nuclear reactions

Speaker: Prof. Edward Simpson (Australian National University)

17:00 R-matrix Study for the 12C + 12C Reaction

Speaker: Dr Aliya Nurmukhanbetova (INFN LNS)

Thursday 2 July

09:00 → 10:30 Miscellaneous I

09:00 Screening effect in stellar environments

Speaker: Prof. Yuanbin Wu (East China Normal University)

09:30 Impact of 12C+12C on massive stars nucleosynthesis of the elements heavier than iron

Speaker: Dr Marco Pignatari (Konkoly Observatory, Budapest, Hungary)

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 12:30 Miscellaneous II

12:30 → 14:30 Lunch Break

14:30 → 16:00 Round Table

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee Break