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Carbon burning marks the ignition of the third nuclear fuel supply after H- and He-burning in the evolution of massive stars. Since the stellar core temperature is strongly correlated with the stellar mass, a minimum mass is required for carbon ignition. This critical mass limit, common referred to as
Current estimates of these reaction rates at astrophysical energies rely on extrapolations from higher energy data. Low energy studies of
Recently, the Trojan Horse Method (THM) has been exploited to determine the
The current status of the carbon fusion cross section and its implication as well as prospects for underground measurements of the carbon fusion reactions will be discussed.