Caughlan and Fowler 1988

Reaction Rate Directory

• We have assigned each rate and its inverse a number, corresponding to the order in which they appear in CF88.
  
  
• We have written the rates and the temperature derivatives in the form of a FORTRAN program.
  
  
• The temperature range, unless noted, is 10⁶ to 10¹⁰ K, or T9 = 0.001 to 10.
  
  
• Certain rates [H1(P,E+NU)H2, H1(E-P,NU)HE3, HE3(E-,NU)H3, HE3(P,E+NU)HE4, C12+O16] have maximum temperatures T9max below T9 = 10; for T9max < T9 < 10, we have set these rates equal to their values at T9max.
  
  
• One rate [the reverse of HE4(A)BE8] has a minimum temperature T9min above T9 = 0.001; for 0.001 < T9 < T9min, we have set this rate equal to its value at T9min.
  
  
• When necessary, we have explicitly carried through the multiplication implied in CF88's reverse reaction rate ("REV RATIO") terms. This is to avoid computational overflows at the lowest temperatures.
  
  
• We have inserted rate coefficients to replace the CF88 notation "(0 to 1)", which multiplies individual terms in some reaction rates.
  

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