The Trojan Horse method: a nuclear physics tool for astrophysics

A Tumino, CA Bertulani, M La Cognata… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The Trojan Horse Method (THM) represents an indirect path to determine the bare nucleus
astrophysical S-factor for reactions among charged particles at astrophysical energies. This …

Clusters and their fundamental role for Trojan Horse Method

RG Pizzone, CA Bertulani, L Lamia… - The European Physical …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Trojan Horse Method (THM) lays its foundations on the cluster structure of light
nuclei which are usually used as “Trojan horses”. Many of them were successfully employed …

Coulomb-free 1S0p − p scattering length from the quasi-free p + d → p + p + n reaction and its relation to universality

A Tumino, GG Rapisarda, M La Cognata… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
The Coulomb-free 1 S 0 proton-proton (pp) scattering length relies heavily on numerous and
distinct theoretical techniques to remove the Coulomb contribution. Here, it has been …

The electromagnetic fine-structure constant in primordial nucleosynthesis revisited

UG Meißner, BC Metsch, H Meyer - The European Physical Journal A, 2023 - Springer
We study the dependence of the primordial nuclear abundances as a function of the
electromagnetic fine-structure constant α, keeping all other fundamental constants fixed. We …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the astrophysical energy range of the 27Al (p, α) 24Mg reaction: A new recommended reaction rate

M La Cognata, S Palmerini, P Adsley, F Hammache… - Physics Letters B, 2022 - Elsevier
The 26 Al abundance holds a special role in present-day astrophysics, since it is a probe of
active nucleosynthesis in the Galaxy and a valuable constraint of Galactic core-collapse …

Neutron-Driven Nucleosynthesis in Stellar Plasma

R Spartà, M La Cognata, GL Guardo, S Palmerini… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
A large uncertainty for the slow neutron capture nucleosynthesis (s-process) models is
caused by the amount of neutrons available to the process itself. This quantity is strongly …

Trojan Horse investigation for AGB stellar nucleosynthesis

ML Sergi, G D'Agata, GL Guardo, GG Rapisarda… - Universe, 2022 - mdpi.com
Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars are among the most important astrophysical sites
influencing the nucleosynthesis and the chemical abundances in the Universe. From a pure …

The reaction at astrophysical energies studied by means of the Trojan Horse Method applied to the reaction

S Palmerini, M La Cognata, F Hammache… - … Physical Journal Plus, 2021 - epjplus.epj.org
Abstract The 27 Al (p, α) 24 Mg reaction, which drives the destruction of 27 Al and the
production of 24 Mg in stellar hydrogen burning, has been investigated via the Trojan Horse …

Direct and Indirect Measurements of the 19F (p, α) 16O Reaction at Astrophysical Energies Using the LHASA Detector and the Trojan Horse Method

GL Guardo, GG Rapisarda, DL Balabanski… - Universe, 2024 - search.proquest.com
Fluorine is one of the most interesting elements in nuclear astrophysics. Its abundance can
provide important hints to constrain the stellar models since fluorine production and …

Investigating the Primordial Universe through nuclear physics

RG Pizzone, C Spampinato, ML Sergi… - Journal of Physics …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) requires several nuclear physics inputs and
nuclear reaction rates. An up-to-date compilation of direct cross sections of is given, being …