Top to bottom: mass fractions of ¹²C and ¹⁶O; B profile; normalized weight function profile for the g₆ mode; normalized weight function profile for the g₂ mode. The left column shows the NOV results, and the right column shows the OV results. Both figures are for σ = 0.0, T _eff = 10,000 K. The R1–R4 region boundaries are indicated by dashed vertical lines. An interactive figure is provided in the online version. Its functionality compares the NOV and OV diagrams, as structured in this figure, for any given σ _i ¹²C(α, γ)¹⁶O reaction rate. To use the interactive figure, click on the “sigma” slider at the top, and slide through indices 0 through 12. Sliding through each index provides the user the side-by-side comparison of the diagrams for the respective σ _i ¹²C(α, γ)¹⁶O reaction rate used in the evolution. Index 0 starts at σ _−3.0 and index 12 ends at σ _3.0.

An interactive version of this figure is available in the online journal.