Trends in particle and nuclei identification techniques in nuclear physics experiments

A Badalà, M La Cognata, R Nania, M Osipenko… - La Rivista del Nuovo …, 2022 - Springer
Particle identification techniques are fundamental tools in nuclear physics experiments.
Discriminating particles or nuclei produced in nuclear interactions allows to better …

The Trojan Horse method: a nuclear physics tool for astrophysics

A Tumino, CA Bertulani, M La Cognata… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
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 …

Physics opportunities with the advanced gamma tracking array: Agata

W Korten, A Atac, D Beaumel, P Bednarczyk… - The European Physical …, 2020 - Springer
New physics opportunities are opening up by the Advanced Gamma Tracking Array, AGATA,
as it evolves to the full 4 π π instrument. AGATA is a high-resolution γ γ-ray spectrometer …

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 …

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 …

Constraining the primordial lithium abundance: new cross section measurement of the 7Be+ n reactions updates the total 7Be destruction rate

S Hayakawa, M La Cognata, L Lamia… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The cosmological lithium problem (CLP) stems from the outstanding discrepancy between
theoretical predictions and astronomical observations of primordial lithium abundances. For …

Impact of the new measurement of the 12C+ 12C fusion cross section on the final compactness of massive stars

A Chieffi, L Roberti, M Limongi… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We discuss how the new measurement of the 12 C+ 12 C fusion cross section carried out
with the Trojan Horse Method affects the compactness of a star, ie, basically the binding …

Nuclear physics midterm plan at Legnaro National Laboratories (LNL)

M Ballan, S Bottoni, M Caamaño, A Caciolli… - … Physical Journal Plus, 2023 - epjplus.epj.org
The next years will see the completion of the radioactive ion beam facility SPES (Selective
Production of Exotic Species) and the upgrade of the accelerators complex at Istituto …

Indirect measurement of the (n,p) reaction cross section at Big Bang energies

RG Pizzone, C Spampinato, R Spartá… - The European Physical …, 2020 - Springer
Nuclear reactions play a key role in the framework of the Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. A
network of 12 principal reactions has been identified as the main path that drove the …

Coulomb-free 1S0p − p scattering length from the quasi-free p + d → p + p + n reaction and its relation to universality

A Tumino, GG Rapisarda, M La Cognata… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
The Coulomb-free 1 S 0 proton-proton (pp) scattering length relies heavily on numerous and
distinct theoretical techniques to remove the Coulomb contribution. Here, it has been …