Fusion Reaction of ¹⁶O+¹⁴N and Its Implication for the Production of ²⁶Al in Explosive Oxygen Burning

We suggest that the fusion reaction ¹⁶O+¹⁴N may be a new way to produce ²⁶Al in interstellar medium. Adopting different mixing modes, we investigate the impact on the production of ²⁶Al in explosive oxygen burning and find that the result is extremely sensitive to mixing mechanisms. In some cases, we obtain an encouraging result, for example, the greatest final abundance of ²⁶Al reaches 7.779×10^-6, which means that the explosive oxygen burning may be a new origin of ²⁶Al.