Nucleosynthesis of 60Fe in massive stars

Limongi, Marco; Chieffi, Alessandro

Italy, Australia

Abstract

We discuss certain aspects of the production of 60Fe in massive stars in the range between 11 and 120M, both in the hydrostatic and explosive stages. We also compare the 60Fe/26Al γ-ray line flux ratio obtained in the present calculations to the detected value reported by INTEGRAL/SPI.

2006 New Astronomy Reviews
INTEGRAL 18