Relevant energy ranges for astrophysical reaction rates
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Effective energy windows (Gamow windows) of astrophysical reaction rates for (p,γ), (p,n), (p,α), (α,γ), (α,n), (α,p), (n,γ), (n,p), and (n,α) on targets with 10 ≤ Z ≤ 83 from protonto neutrondripline are calculated using theoretical cross sections. It is shown that widely used approximation formulae for the relevant energy ranges are not valid for a large number of reactions relevant to hydrostatic and explosive nucleosynthesis. The influence of the energy dependence of the averaged widths on the location of the Gamow windows is discussed and the results presented in tabular form.
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