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, 30 June 2026 (08:30) to Thursday, 2 July 2026 (16:30)

Monday, 29 June 2026
Tuesday, 30 June 2026

08:30 Welcome

08:30 - 09:00
09:00 Astrophysics I
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 The role of the 12C+12C on the stellar evolution" - Alessandro Chieffi (INAF - Rome)

09:30 Carbon burning and Type I a Supernova - Luciano Piersanti (INAF - Rome)

10:00 12C+12C and 12C+160 reaction rates and stellar evolution - Thibaut Dumont (IPHC Strasbourg)
10:30 Cofee Break
Cofee Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Astrophysics II
11:00 - 12:30
Contributions

11:30 Impact of 12C+12C on massive stars nucleosynthesis in general - Lorenzo Roberti (INFN - LNS)
12:30 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 14:30
14:30 Direct Measurements I
14:30 - 16:00
Contributions

14:30 Experimental Techniques for 12C + 12C Reaction - Micheal Wiescher (University of notre Dame, USA)

15:00 Status of the 12C + 12C at LUNA - Alba Formicola (INFN Rome)

15:30 Status of the 12C + 12C at CIRCE - Antonino Di Leva (University and INFN of Naples)
16:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30
16:30 Direct Measurements II
16:30 - 18:00
Contributions

16:30 Status of the STELLA measurement of 12C+12C - Marcel Heine (IPHC Strasbourg)

17:00 Status of the 12C + 12C at LEAF-TDL - Xiaodong Tang (Institute of Modern Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences)
20:00 Social Dinner
Social Dinner
20:00 - 20:20
Wednesday, 1 July 2026
09:00 Indirect Measurements I
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Trojan Horse Method for 12C + 12C reaction - marco la cognata (infn-lns)

09:30 Extending the Hoyle-state paradigm to 12C + 12C fusion - David Jenkins (University of York)

10:00 THM measurement of ¹²C+¹²C - Qun-Gang Wen (Anhui University, China)
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Indirect Measurements II
11:00 - 12:30
Contributions

11:00 Low-energy fusion hindrance in medium-light systems - Giovanna Montagnoli (UNIPD)

11:30 Modified Trojan Horse Method - Akram Mukhamedzhanov (Texas A&M University)
12:30 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 14:30

14:30 Theory I

14:30 - 16:00

16:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30
16:30 Theroy II
16:30 - 18:00
Contributions

16:30 R-matrix for nuclear reactions - Edward Simpson (Australian National University)

17:00 R-matrix Study for the 12C + 12C Reaction - Aliya Nurmukhanbetova (INFN LNS)
Thursday, 2 July 2026
09:00 Miscellaneous I
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Screening effect in stellar environments - Yuanbin Wu (East China Normal University)

09:30 Impact of 12C+12C on massive stars nucleosynthesis of the elements heavier than iron - Marco Pignatari (Konkoly Observatory, Budapest, Hungary)
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00

11:00 Miscellaneous II

11:00 - 12:30

12:30 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 14:30

14:30 Round Table

14:30 - 16:00

16:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30

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