The quest for the origin of matter in the Universe had been the subject of philosophical and
theological debates over the history of mankind, but quantitative answers could be found …

We study the s-process abundances (A≳ 90) at the epoch of the solar system formation.
Asymptotic giant branch yields are computed with an updated neutron capture network and …

Nuclear data in general, and neutron-induced reaction cross sections in particular, are
important for a wide variety of research fields. They play a key role in the safety and criticality …

Recent models for evolved low-mass stars (with M≲ 3 M⊙), undergoing the asymptotic giant
branch (AGB) phase assume that magnetic flux-tube buoyancy drives the formation of 13 C …

An update of a previous description of the BRUSLIB+ NACRE package of nuclear data for
astrophysics and of the web-based nuclear network generator NETGEN is presented. The …

This paper provides a detailed analysis of the main component of the slow neutron capture
process (the s-process), which accounts for the solar abundances of half of the nuclei with …

Single-crystal ZrN films, 830 nm thick, are grown on MgO (001) at 450 C by magnetically
unbalanced reactive magnetron sputtering. The combination of high-resolution x-ray …

The next years will see the completion of several new facilities at Istituto Nazionale di Fisica
Nucleare–Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS) opening up new possibilities in the fields of …

The (n, γ) reaction of the radioactive isotope 93 Zr has been measured at the n_TOF high-
resolution time-of-flight facility at CERN. Resonance parameters have been extracted in the …

We present NEAR, a new experimental area at the CERN-n_TOF facility and a possible
setup for cross section measurements of interest to nuclear astrophysics. This was recently …