The Trojan Horse Method in nuclear astrophysics

Journal Article · Thu Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2011 · Physics of Atomic Nuclei

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778811110184· OSTI ID:22029885

Spitaleri, C ^[1]; Mukhamedzhanov, A M ^[2]; Blokhintsev, L D ^[3]; Cognata, M La ^[1]; Pizzone, R G; Tumino, A ^[4]

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1. Universita degli Studi di Catania, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia (Italy)
2. Texas A and M University, Cyclotron Institute (United States)
3. Moscow State University, Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics (Russian Federation)
4. INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (Italy)

The study of energy production and nucleosynthesis in stars requires an increasingly precise knowledge of the nuclear reaction rates at the energies of interest. To overcome the experimental difficulties arising from the small cross sections at those energies and from the presence of the electron screening, the Trojan Horse Method has been introduced. The method provides a valid alternative path to measure unscreened low-energy cross sections of reactions between charged particles, and to retrieve information on the electron screening potential when ultra-low energy direct measurements are available.

• OSTI ID: 22029885
• Journal Information: Physics of Atomic Nuclei, Vol. 74, Issue 12; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2011 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7788
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
79 ASTROPHYSICS
COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY
ASTROPHYSICS
CROSS SECTIONS
ELECTRONS
NUCLEAR REACTION KINETICS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
POTENTIALS
STARS