H. Oberhummer et al., ALPHA-CLUSTERING AND THE STELLAR NUCLEOSYNTHESIS OF CARBON, ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PHYSIK A-HADRONS AND NUCLEI, 349(3-4), 1994, pp. 241-242
The astrophysical S-factor and reaction rates for the triple-alpha pro
cess are calculated in the direct-capture model. It is shown that the
stellar carbon production is extremely sensitive to small variations i
n the N-N interaction.