Nucleosynthesis in early supernova winds III: No significant contribution from neutron-rich pockets
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Recent nucleosynthesis calculations of Type II supernovae using advanced neutrino transport determine that the early neutrino winds are proton-rich. However, a fraction of the ejecta emitted at the same time is composed of neutron-rich pockets. In this paper we calculate the nucleosynthesis contribution from the neutron-rich pockets in the hot convective bubbles of a core-collapse supernova and show that they do not contribute significantly to the total nucleosynthesis. Subject headings: nuclear reactions, nucleosynthesis, abundances — stars: supernovae
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