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 our …

An update of the NACRE compilation [3] is presented. This new compilation, referred to as
NACRE II, reports thermonuclear reaction rates for 34 charged-particle induced, two-body …

The perspectives for photonuclear experiments at the new Extreme Light Infrastructure-
Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) facility are discussed in view of the need to accumulate novel and …

Using ground-based gravitational-wave detectors, we probe the mass function of
intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) wherein we also include BHs in the upper mass gap …

ABSTRACT A new astrophysical reaction rate of 12 C (α, γ) 16 O has been calculated based
on our recent determination of the E1-and E2-capture cross sections. The R-matrix method …

It is in the nature of astrophysics that many of the processes and objects one tries to
understand are physically inaccessible. Thus, it is important that those aspects that can be …

The He 3 (α, γ) Be 7 reaction presently represents the largest nuclear uncertainty in the
predicted solar neutrino flux and has important implications on the big bang …

A new experiment to determine the thermonuclear cross section of the C 12 (α, γ) O 16
reaction has been performed in regular kinematics using an intense α-particle beam of up to …

The total cross-section of 12 C (α, γ) 16 O was measured for the first time by a direct and
ungated detection of the 16 O recoils. This measurement in inverse kinematics using the …

Background: The He 3 (α, γ) Be 7 reaction is of critical importance in determining the flux of
solar neutrinos through the pp-II and pp-III chains. For this reason and others, the description …