White dwarfs are a class of stars with unique physical properties. They present many
challenging problems whose solution requires advanced theories of dense matter, state-of …

A century ago, nuclear physics entered astrophysics, giving birth to a new field of science
referred to as “Nuclear Astrophysics”. With time, it developed at an impressive pace into a …

The study of fusion reactions at extreme sub-barrier energies has seen an increased interest
in recent years, although difficult to measure due to their very small cross sections. Such …

Carbon and oxygen burning reactions, in particular, C 12+ C 12 fusion, are important for the
understanding and interpretation of the late phases of stellar evolution as well as the ignition …

Nuclear astrophysics is a field at the intersection of nuclear physics and astrophysics, which
seeks to understand the nuclear engines of astronomical objects and the origin of the …

Background: The fusion reaction C 12+ Si 30 is a link between heavier cases studied in
recent years, and the light heavy-ion systems, eg, C 12+ C 12, O 16+ O 16 that have a …

We explore properties of core-collapse supernova progenitors with respect to the composite
uncertainties in the thermonuclear reaction rates by coupling the probability density …

The heavy-ion fusion reactions play a pivotal role in stellar burning processes in different
astrophysical scenarios. The 12 C+ 12 C, 12 C+ 16 O and 16 O+ 16 O fusion reactions hold …

We demonstrate an approach successfully measuring very small nuclear isomeric excitation
cross sections (on the order of 10 to 100 picobarns) via laser–cluster interaction. The …

A recent experiment on 12 C+ 24 Mg sub-barrier fusion was performed. Standard coupled-
channels calculations clearly over-estimated the low energy cross sections and there was …