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 …

Atomic nuclei are composite systems, and they may be dynamically excited during nuclear
reactions. Such excitations are not only relevant to inelastic scattering but they also affect …

Gravitational-wave detections are starting to allow us to probe the physical processes in the
evolution of very massive stars through the imprints they leave on their final remnants …

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 …

Carbon burning is a key step in the evolution of massive stars, Type 1a supernovae and
superbursts in x-ray binary systems. Determining the C 12+ C 12 fusion cross section at …

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 …

Context. By changing the internal composition of stars, nuclear reactions play a key role in
their evolution and spur their contribution to the chemical evolution of galaxies. The STELLA …

The study of stellar burning began just over 100 years ago. Nonetheless, we do not yet have
a detailed picture of the nucleosynthesis within stars and how nucleosynthesis impacts …

We employ the constrained density functional theory to investigate cluster phenomena for
the C 12 nucleus. The proton and neutron densities are generated from the placement of …

For millennia, mankind has been fascinated by the marvel of the starry night sky. Yet, a
proper scientific understanding of how stars form, shine, and die is a relatively recent …