Astrophysics studies with the trojan horse method

C Spitaleri, M La Cognata, L Lamia, RG Pizzone… - The European Physical …, 2019 - Springer
The Trojan Horse Method represents an indirect approach to investigate reactions of
astrophysical relevance at the energies of interest, free of Coulomb suppression and …

An increase in the 12C + 12C fusion rate from resonances at astrophysical energies

A Tumino, C Spitaleri, M La Cognata, S Cherubini… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Carbon burning powers scenarios that influence the fate of stars, such as the late
evolutionary stages of massive stars (exceeding eight solar masses) and superbursts from …

Clusters in light nuclei: history and recent developments

I Lombardo, D Dell'Aquila - La Rivista del Nuovo Cimento, 2023 - Springer
In this review, we discuss recent advancements in the study of clustering phenomena
occurring in light nuclei, and their influence on nuclear structure, dynamics, and …

Nuclear physics midterm plan at LNS

C Agodi, F Cappuzzello, G Cardella… - … Physical Journal Plus, 2023 - epjplus.epj.org
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 …

Investigation of the reaction from 0.8 to 2.0 MeV

BV Kolk, KT Macon, RJ Deboer, T Anderson, A Boeltzig… - Physical Review C, 2022 - APS
Background: A multitude of broad interfering resonances characterize the B 10 (p, α) Be 7
cross section at low energies. The complexity of the reaction mechanism, as well as …

Low energy measurements of the reaction

M Wiescher, RJ DeBoer, J Görres, RE Azuma - Physical Review C, 2017 - APS
Background: The B 11 (p, 2 α) 4 He reaction is being discussed as a prime candidate for
advanced aneutronic fusion fuel systems. Particular interest in this reaction has recently …

New analysis of reactions at low energies and the spectroscopy of natural-parity states in

I Lombardo, D Dell'Aquila, JJ He, G Spadaccini… - Physical Review C, 2019 - APS
Low-spin natural-parity states in Ne 20 at excitation energies larger than the proton
separation energy can be fruitfully explored by analyzing the behavior of the F 19 (p, α 0) O …

Near-threshold resonances in and the aneutronic reaction

J Okołowicz, M Płoszajczak, W Nazarewicz - Physical Review C, 2023 - APS
The nucleus C 11 plays an important role in the boron-proton fusion reactor environment as
a catalyzer of the B 10 (p, α) Be 7 reaction which, by producing a long-lived isotope of Be 7 …

Spectroscopy of above the threshold with reactions at low energies

I Lombardo, D Dell'Aquila, G Spadaccini, G Verde… - Physical Review C, 2018 - APS
In this work we reinvestigate the spectroscopy of C 13 at excitation energies larger than the
α emission threshold (E x> 10.648 MeV) by means of a comprehensive R-matrix fit of …

Study of the 10B(p,)7Be reaction by means of the Trojan Horse Method

GG Rapisarda, C Spitaleri, A Cvetinović… - The European Physical …, 2018 - Springer
The 10 B (p, 1 α 1) 7 Be reaction has been studied for the first time via the Trojan Horse
Method (THM) applied to the 2 H (10 B, α α 7 Be) n quasi-free three-body process. The …