Nuclear Astrophysics and Neutron Induced Reactions: Quasi-Free Reactions and RIBs

Journal Article · Thu Aug 12 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3485215· OSTI ID:21426547

Cherubini, S; Spitaleri, C; Crucilla, V; Gulino, M; La Cognata, M; Lamia, L; Pizzone, R G; Puglia, S; Rapisarda, G G; Romano, S; Sergi, M L ^[1]; Coc, A ^[2]; Kubono, S; Binh, D N; Hayakawa, S; Wakabayashi, Y; Yamaguchi, H ^[3]; Burjan, V; Kroha, V ^[4]; De Sereville, N ^[5]

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1. Universita di Catania and INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania (Italy)
2. Centre de Spectrometrie Nucleaire et de Spectrometrie de Masse, IN2P3, Orsay (France)
3. Center for Nuclear Study, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo (Japan)
4. Nuclear Physics Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rez (Czech Republic)
5. Institut de Physique Nucleaire, IN2P3, Orsay (France)

The use of quasi-free reactions in studying nuclear reactions between charged particles of astrophysical interest has received much attention over the last two decades. The Trojan Horse Method is based on this approach and it has been used to study a number of reactions relevant for Nuclear Astrophysics. Recently we applied this method to the study of nuclear reactions that involve radioactive species, namely to the study of the {sup 18}F+p{yields}{sup 15}O+{alpha} process at temperatures corresponding to the energies available in the classical novae scenario. Quasi-free reactions can also be exploited to study processes induced by neutrons. This technique is particularly interesting when applied to reaction induced by neutrons on unstable short-lived nuclei. Such processes are very important in the nucleosynthesis of elements in the sand r-processes scenarios and this technique can give hints for solving key questions in nuclear astrophysics where direct measurements are practically impossible.

• OSTI ID: 21426547
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1269, Issue 1; Conference: OMEG-2010: 10. international symposium on origin of matter and evolution of galaxies, Osaka (Japan), 8-10 Mar 2010; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3485215; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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