The study of fusion reactions at extreme sub-barrier energies has seen an increased interest
in recent years, although difficult to measure due to their very small cross sections. Such …

Particle identification techniques are fundamental tools in nuclear physics experiments.
Discriminating particles or nuclei produced in nuclear interactions allows to better …

Carbon burning powers scenarios that influence the fate of stars, such as the late
evolutionary stages of massive stars (exceeding eight solar masses) and superbursts from …

We review recent progress and motivate the need for further developments in nuclear optical
potentials that are widely used in the theoretical analysis of nucleon elastic scattering and …

Nuclear astrophysics is a field at the intersection of nuclear physics and astrophysics, which
seeks to understand the nuclear engines of astronomical objects and the origin of the …

The phenomenon of incomplete fusion (ICF) using both the strongly and weakly bound
projectiles below an incident energy of≈ 10 MeV per nucleon is reviewed. Various reaction …

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 …

The cosmic evolution of the chemical elements from the Big Bang to the present time is
driven by nuclear fusion reactions inside stars and stellar explosions. A cycle of matter …

The detection of the neutrinos produced in the p− p chain and in the CNO cycle can be used
to test the Standard Solar Model. The 3 He (α, γ) 7 Be reaction is the first reaction of the 2nd …

Studying interactions of radioactive ions with neutrons is particularly demanding and has
been performed only in a few cases. Some of these interactions are crucial in several …