Over the past decade, experimental microscopy and spectroscopy have made significant
progress in the study of the morphological, optical, electronic and transport properties of …

Presolar grains are microscopic dust grains that formed in the stellar winds or explosions of
ancient stars that died before the formation of the solar system. The majority (~ 90% in …

Solar evolutionary models are thus far unable to reproduce spectroscopic, helioseismic, and
neutrino constraints consistently, resulting in the so-called solar modeling problem. In …

Asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars are considered to be among the most significant
contributors to the fluorine budget in our Galaxy. While observations and theory agree at …

Observations demonstrate that the surface abundance of $^ 7 {\rm Li} $ in low-mass stars
changes dramatically between the tip of the red giant branch and the red clump. This …

Abstract We analyze the ${} _ {55}^{134} $ Cs $\,{\to\,} _ {56}^{134} $ Ba and ${} _ {55}^{135}
$ Cs ${\to} _ {\, 56}^{\, 135} $ Ba β− decays, which are crucial production channels for Ba …

We report a high-statistics measurement of the L/K orbital electron capture ratio in Be 7
embedded in cryogenic Ta. The thin Ta film formed part of a high-resolution …

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 …

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

Asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars can experience proton ingestion events (PIEs), leading
to a rich nucleosynthesis. During a PIE, the intermediate neutron capture process (i-process) …