Name: Carbon Burning: Theory, Astrophysics and Experiments
Start: 2026-06-30T08:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-02T16:30:00+02:00
Location: Sala Conferenze di Palazzo del Monte di Pietà

Carbon Burning: Theory, Astrophysics and Experiments

from Tuesday, June 30, 2026 (8:30 AM) to Thursday, July 2, 2026 (4:30 PM)

Monday, June 29, 2026
Tuesday, June 30, 2026

9:00 AM Welcome

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
9:30 AM Astrophysics I
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:30 AM The role of the 12C+12C on the stellar evolution" - Alessandro Chieffi (INAF - Rome)

10:00 AM Carbon burning and Type I a Supernova - Luciano Piersanti (INAF - Rome)
10:30 AM Cofee Break
Cofee Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Astrophysics II
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM 12C and 16O: keys to the advanced phases of massive stars evolution - Thibaut Dumont (IPHC Strasbourg)

11:30 AM Impact of 12C+12C on intermediate-mass stars and massive white dwarfs - Marcelo Miller Bertolami (Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata (CONICET, Argentina))

12:00 PM The impact of the carbon fusion rate for superbursts - MARTIN JAVIER NAVA CALLEJAS (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
12:30 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM Direct Measurements I
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Contributions

2:30 PM Experimental Techniques for 12C + 12C Reaction - Micheal Wiescher (University of notre Dame, USA)

3:00 PM Status of the 12C + 12C at LUNA - Rosanna Depalo (University of Milan)

3:30 PM Status of the 12C + 12C at ERNA-CIRCE - Antonino Di Leva (University and INFN of Naples)
4:00 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
4:30 PM Direct Measurements II
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Contributions

4:30 PM Status of the STELLA measurements - Marcel Heine (IPHC Strasbourg)

5:00 PM Status of the 12C + 12C at LEAF-TDL - Xiaodong Tang (Institute of Modern Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences)

5:30 PM Direct Carbon Fusion Measurements with STELLA for Nuclear Astrophysics - Guillaume Harmant (IPHC-CNRS)

5:45 PM The challenging direct measurement of the 12C+12C reaction rate at LUNA - Riccardo Maria Gesue (GSSI, INFN LNGS)
8:15 PM Social Dinner
Social Dinner
8:15 PM - 9:15 PM
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
9:00 AM Indirect Measurements I
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Trojan Horse Method for the 12C + 12C Reaction: An Update - marco la cognata (infn-lns)

9:30 AM Extending the Hoyle-state paradigm to 12C + 12C fusion - David Jenkins (University of York)

10:00 AM Investigation of $^{24}$Mg nuclear structure in the energy range relevant to carbon-burning in stars - Federica Ercolano (Università degli studi di Napoli "Federico II", INFN Sezione di Napoli)
10:30 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Indirect Measurements II
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM THM measurement of ¹²C+¹²C - ChengBo Li (Beijing Academy of Science and Technology)

11:30 AM Usage of irradiation-resistant carbon targets for 12C+12C fusion reaction - N. Zhang

12:00 PM Bayesian Analysis of the 12C + 12C Astrophysical S Factor and Reaction Rate with Modern Inverse-Kinematics Constraints - Akram Mukhamedzhanov (Texas A&M University)
12:30 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM Astrophysics III
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Contributions

2:30 PM Impact of 12C+12C on massive stars nucleosynthesis of the elements heavier than iron - Marco Pignatari (Konkoly Observatory, Budapest, Hungary)

3:00 PM Impact of 12C+12C on massive stars nucleosynthesis in general - Lorenzo Roberti (INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo)

3:30 PM Low mass density deflagration burning led to premature type Iax supernovae - Amir Michaelis (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology)
4:00 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
4:30 PM Theroy I
4:30 PM - 7:05 PM
Contributions

4:30 PM Fusion hindrance in medium-light systems as a path toward the lighter cases of astrophysical interest - Giovanna Montagnoli (UNIPD)

5:00 PM Channel-Coupling Effects in Low-Energy 12C+12C Fusion Reactions - Yasutaka TANIGUCHI (Fukuyama University)

5:30 PM Fusion of $^{12}$C + $^{16}$O at extreme sub-barrier energies - Julgen Pellumaj (University of Padova, INFN-Padova)
Thursday, July 2, 2026
9:00 AM Miscellaneous I
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM R-matrix for nuclear reactions - Edward Simpson (Australian National University)

9:30 AM R-matrix Study for the 12C + 12C Reaction - Aliya Nurmukhanbetova (INFN LNS)

10:00 AM Screening effect in stellar environments - Yuanbin Wu (East China Normal University)
10:30 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

11:00 AM Round Table

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

12:30 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM

2:30 PM Outreach Seminar [in italian]

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

4:00 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

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