The available data on nuclear fusion cross sections important to energy generation in the
Sun and other hydrogen-burning stars and to solar neutrino production are summarized and …

We review and analyze the available information on the nuclear-fusion cross sections that
are most important for solar energy generation and solar neutrino production. We provide …

A second high current accelerator of 400 kV has been installed at the underground
laboratory of Gran Sasso, called LUNA II. We describe this new facility as well as …

We give the LUNA results on the σ (E) cross section measurement of a key reaction of the
proton-proton chain strongly affecting the calculated neutrino luminosity from the Sun: 3 He …

Using the 50 kV LUNA accelerator facility at the Gran Sasso underground laboratory we
measured, with an accuracy of the order of 10%, the d (p, γ) 3He cross section from 22 down …

The essential ingredients of nuclear astrophysics are the thermonuclear reactions which
shape the life and death of stars and which are responsible for the synthesis of the chemical …

The nuclear physics input from the He 3 (α, γ) Be 7 cross section is a major uncertainty in the
fluxes of Be 7 and B 8 neutrinos from the Sun predicted by solar models and in the Li 7 …

Nuclear astrophysics strives for a comprehensive picture of the nuclear reactions
responsible for synthesizing chemical elements and for powering the stellar evolution …

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 …

We report on the results of the 3 He (4 He, 2 p) 4 He experiment at the underground
accelerator facility LUNA (Gran Sasso). For the first time the lowest projectile energies …