Indirect techniques in nuclear astrophysics: a review

RE Tribble, CA Bertulani, M La Cognata… - Reports on Progress …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
In this review, we discuss the present status of three indirect techniques that are used to
determine reaction rates for stellar burning processes, asymptotic normalization coefficients …

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 …

New determination of the 2H (d, p) 3H and 2H (d, n) 3He reaction rates at astrophysical energies

A Tumino, R Sparta, C Spitaleri… - The Astrophysical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The cross sections of the 2 H (d, p) 3 H and 2 H (d, n) 3 He reactions have been measured
via the Trojan Horse method applied to the quasi-free 2 H (3 He, p 3 H) 1 H and 2 H (3 He, n …

The Trojan Horse method in nuclear astrophysics

C Spitaleri, AM Mukhamedzhanov… - Physics of Atomic …, 2011 - Springer
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 …

First application of the Trojan horse method with a radioactive ion beam: Study of the reaction at astrophysical energies

S Cherubini, M Gulino, C Spitaleri, GG Rapisarda… - Physical Review C, 2015 - APS
Measurement of nuclear cross sections at astrophysical energies involving unstable species
is one of the most challenging tasks in experimental nuclear physics. The use of indirect …

A novel approach to measure the cross section of the 18O (p, α) 15N resonant reaction in the 0–200 kev energy range

M La Cognata, C Spitaleri… - The Astrophysical …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT The 18 O (p, α) 15 N reaction is of primary importance to pin down the
uncertainties, due to nuclear physics input, affecting present-day models of asymptotic giant …

An updated 6Li (p, α) 3He reaction rate at astrophysical energies with the Trojan horse method

L Lamia, C Spitaleri, RG Pizzone… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The lithium problem influencing primordial and stellar nucleosynthesis is one of the most
interesting unsolved issues in astrophysics. 6 Li is the most fragile of lithium's stable …

On the measurement of the 13C (α, n) 16O S-factor at negative energies and its influence on the s-process

M La Cognata, C Spitaleri, O Trippella… - The astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT The 13 C (α, n) 16 O reaction is the neutron source for the main component of
the s-process, responsible for the production of most of the nuclei in the mass range 90≲ A≲ …

Assessing the near threshold cross section of the reaction by means of the Trojan horse method

GL Guardo, C Spitaleri, L Lamia, M Gulino… - Physical Review C, 2017 - APS
The study of the O 17 (n, α) C 14 reaction has been performed by means of the Trojan horse
method (THM) applied to the quasifree H 2 (O 17, α C 14) H 1 reaction induced at a beam …

Trojan horse particle invariance studied with the (,) and (,) reactions

RG Pizzone, C Spitaleri, L Lamia, C Bertulani… - Physical Review C …, 2011 - APS
The Trojan horse nucleus invariance for the binary reaction cross section extracted from the
Trojan horse reaction was tested using the quasifree He 3 (Li 6, α α) H and He 3 (Li 7, α α) H …