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most citedThe 12C(a,g)16O reaction and its implications for stellar helium burning

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nucl-ex2025

Nuclear Physics Mid Term Plan at LNGS

R. Buompane, F. Cavanna, C. Curceanu +59

The Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) is one of the largest underground physics laboratory, a very peculiar environment suited for ex…

nucl-ex2024★ 22 cited

High-temperature Tl decay clarifies Pb dating in early Solar System

G. Leckenby, R. S. Sidhu, R. J. Chen +56

Radioactive nuclei with lifetimes on the order of millions of years can reveal the formation history of the Sun and active nucleosynthesis occurring at the time and place of its bi…

nucl-ex2022★ 39 cited

Deep underground laboratory measurement of C(,)O in the Gamow windows of the - and -processes

B. Gao, T. Y. Jiao, Y. T. Li +71

The C(,)O reaction is the main neutron source for the slow-neutron-capture (s-) process in Asymptotic Giant Branch stars and for the intermediate (i-) process.…

nucl-ex2022★ 51 cited

Horizons: Nuclear Astrophysics in the 2020s and Beyond

H. Schatz, A. D. Becerril Reyes, A. Best +162

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…

nucl-ex2021★ 18 cited

Study of (Li, ) and (Li, ) reactions on Ne and implications for -process nucleosynthesis

S. Ota, G. Christian, W. N. Catford +20

We studied cluster states in Mg via the Ne(Li,)Mg reaction in inverse kinematics at an energy of MeV/nucleon. States between = 4 - 12 M…

nucl-ex2021★ 1 cited

New experimental Na()Mg Reaction Rate for Massive Star and Type-Ia Supernova models

N. J. Hubbard, C. Aa. Diget, S. P. Fox +8

The Na()Mg reaction has been identified as having a significant impact on the nucleosynthesis of several nuclei between Ne and Ti in type-Ia supernovae, and of $…

nucl-ex2020★ 10 cited

Evaluation of the N(,p)O thermonuclear reaction rate and its impact on the isotopic composition of supernova grains

A. Meyer, N. de Séréville, A. M. Laird +12

It has been suggested that hydrogen ingestion into the helium shell of massive stars could lead to high C and N excesses when the shock of a core-collapse supernova p…

nucl-ex2019★ 7 cited

A direct measurement of the 17O(a,g)21Ne reaction in inverse kinematics and its impact on heavy element production

M. P. Taggart, C. Akers, A. M. Laird +33

During the slow neutron capture process in massive stars, reactions on light elements can both produce and absorb neutrons thereby influencing the final heavy element abundances. A…

nucl-ex2017★ 255 cited

The 12C(a,g)16O reaction and its implications for stellar helium burning

R. J. deBoer, J. Gorres, M. Wiescher +10

The creation of carbon and oxygen in our universe is one of the forefront questions in nuclear astrophysics. The determination of the abundance of these elements is key to both our…

nucl-ex2017★ 9 cited

Stellar () cross section of Na

E. Uberseder, M. Heil, F. Käppeler +5

The cross section of the Na()Na reaction has been measured via the activation method at the Karlsruhe 3.7 MV Van de Graaff accelerator. NaCl samples were expose…

nucl-ex2016★ 19 cited

Precise measurement of the thermal and stellar Fe()Fe cross sections via AMS

Anton Wallner, Tamas Belgya, Kathrin Buczak +14

The detection of long-lived radionuclides through ultra-sensitive single atom counting via accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) offers opportunities for precise measurements of neut…

nucl-ex2014★ 39 cited

Ni() and Ni() cross sections measured at n_TOF/CERN

C. Lederer, C. Massimi, E. Berthoumieux +112

The cross section of the Ni() reaction was measured with the time-of-flight technique at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN. Capture kernels of 42 resona…

nucl-ex2014★ 32 cited

Experimental neutron capture data of Ni from the CERN n_TOF facility

TOF collaboration, P. Žugec, M. Barbagallo +99

The Ni cross section has been measured at the neutron time of flight facility n_TOF at CERN, in the energy range from 27 meV up to 400 keV. In total, 51 resonances h…

nucl-ex2013★ 51 cited

Measurement of the reaction O-17(α,n)Ne-20 and its impact on the s process in massive stars

A. Best, M. Beard, J. Görres +16

The ratio between the rates of the reactions O-17(α,n)Ne-20 and O-17(α,γ)Ne-21 determines whether O-16 is an efficient neutron poison for the s process in massive stars, or if most…