Radiative capture reactions in astrophysics

doi:10.1146/annurev-nucl-102014-022027

Title: Radiative capture reactions in astrophysics

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Here, the radiative capture reactions of greatest importance in nuclear astrophysics are identified and placed in their stellar contexts. Recent experimental efforts to estimate their thermally averaged rates are surveyed.

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^[1]; Davids, Barry ^[2]

Ohio Univ., Athens, OH (United States)
TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada)

Publication Date:: 2015-08-07

Research Org.:: Ohio Univ., Athens, OH (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP) (SC-26); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:: 1256952

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-88ER40387; NA0001837

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 65; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0163-8998

Publisher:: Annual Reviews

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; radiative capture; nuclear astrophysics; thermonuclear fusion; electromagnetic radiation; stellar astrophysics

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                    Brune, Carl R., and Davids, Barry. Radiative capture reactions in astrophysics.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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  title        = {Radiative capture reactions in astrophysics},

  author       = {Brune, Carl R. and Davids, Barry},

  abstractNote = {Here, the radiative capture reactions of greatest importance in nuclear astrophysics are identified and placed in their stellar contexts. Recent experimental efforts to estimate their thermally averaged rates are surveyed.},

  doi          = {10.1146/annurev-nucl-102014-022027},

  journal      = {Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 65,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2015},

  month        = {8}

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