On Nuclear Reactions Occurring in Very Hot Stars. I. The Synthesis of Elements from Carbon to Nickel

Hoyle’s 1954 On Nuclear Reactions Occurring in Very Hot Stars. I. The Synthesis of Elements from Carbon to Nickel, published in Astrophysical Journal Supplement, is one of the program’s working technical references. Cited in Book IV (Categorical Microcosm), Part 5, Chapter The Alpha Particle, where the program draws on it in the context of “Hoyle predicted this in 1954 ; the state was found at E^* = 7.65 MeV with J^P = 0^+: 3α ^8Be resonance ^12C^* (7.65 MeV) → ^12C + γ Without this resonance: no stellar carbon, no….”