Nuclear reactions in astrophysics: a review of useful probes for extracting reaction rates

FM Nunes, G Potel, T Poxon-Pearson… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Astrophysical simulations require knowledge of a wide array of reaction rates. For a number
of reasons, many of these reaction rates cannot be measured directly and instead are …

Breakup reactions of light and medium mass neutron drip line nuclei

R Chatterjee, R Shyam - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2018 - Elsevier
The formal theories of breakup reactions are reviewed. The direct breakup mechanism that
is formulated within the framework of the post-form distorted-wave Born approximation, is …

Neutron halos in the excited states of

TL Belyaeva, SA Goncharov, AS Demyanova… - Physical Review C, 2018 - APS
The differential cross sections of the B 11 (d, p) B 12 reaction leading to formation of the 1+
ground state and the 0.95-MeV 2+, 1.67-MeV 2−, 2.62-MeV 1−, 2.72-MeV 0+, and 3.39-MeV …

Exploring the halo character and dipole response in the dripline nucleus

G Singh, J Singh, J Casal, L Fortunato - Physical Review C, 2022 - APS
Background: Lying at the lower edge of the “island of inversion,” neutron-rich fluorine
isotopes (F 29–31) provide a curious case to study the configuration mixing in this part of the …

Possible neutron and proton halo structure in the isobaric analog states of nuclei

AS Demyanova, VI Starastsin, AN Danilov, AA Ogloblin… - Physical Review C, 2020 - APS
The differential cross sections of the B 11 (He 3, d) C 12 reaction leading to formation of the
0+ ground state and the 15.11-MeV 1+, 16.57-MeV 2−, and 17.23-MeV 1− excited states of …

Structure effects of exotic nuclei in the mass region relevant for determining abundance patterns in explosive nucleosynthesis

R Barman, S Sarkar, R Chatterjee - Physical Review C, 2023 - APS
Background: In the current understanding, the rapid neutron capture process in explosive
scenarios primarily produces heavy elements. Though the precise astronomical sites are …

Investigating the rate of Be(n,)Be radiative capture reaction within the FRDWBA framework

M Dan, Shubhchintak, G Singh, V Choudhary… - The European Physical …, 2024 - Springer
This study examines the radiative capture of a neutron by 10 Be using the Coulomb
dissociation approach within the FRDWBA theory. We analyze the elastic Coulomb breakup …

Neutron capture rates of

M Dan, G Singh, R Chatterjee, Shubhchintak - Physical Review C, 2019 - APS
Background: Small changes in reaction rates due to neutron capture, α capture, and β decay
by exotic nuclei in the low and medium mass region can direct the r-process path in different …

Influence of light neutron-rich exotic nuclei in deciding abundance patterns relevant for explosive nucleosynthesis

J Barman, S Sarkar, R Chatterjee - Journal of Physics G: Nuclear …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Exotic neutron-rich nuclei play an important role in r-process nucleosynthesis. We study the
effect of including proper nuclear structure to calculate neutron capture and …

Status of nuclear physics behind nucleosynthesis processes: The role of exotic neutron-rich nuclei

R Chatterjee, M Dan - Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 2020 - Springer
We give a brief overview of the current status of important nuclear physics inputs, like
reaction rates, in hydrostatic and explosive nucleosynthesis. Recently, it has been proposed …