Recent developments in heavy-ion fusion reactions

BB Back, H Esbensen, CL Jiang, KE Rehm - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2014 - APS
In this review the main advances in heavy-ion fusion research that have taken place over the
last decade are addressed. During this period, experimental studies have been extended to …

The reaction and its implications for stellar helium burning

RJ Deboer, J Görres, M Wiescher, RE Azuma… - Reviews of Modern …, 2017 - APS
The creation of carbon and oxygen in our Universe is one of the forefront questions in
nuclear astrophysics. The determination of the abundance of these elements is key to our …

Novel techniques for constraining neutron-capture rates relevant for r-process heavy-element nucleosynthesis

AC Larsen, A Spyrou, SN Liddick… - Progress in Particle and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The rapid-neutron capture process (r process) is identified as the producer of about 50% of
elements heavier than iron. This process requires an astrophysical environment with an …

Fusion induced by radioactive ion beams

JF Liang, C Signorini - International Journal of Modern Physics E, 2005 - World Scientific
The use of radioactive beams opens a new frontier for fusion studies. The coupling to the
continuum can be explored with very loosely bound nuclei. Experiments were performed …

Penning-trap mass measurements in atomic and nuclear physics

J Dilling, K Blaum, M Brodeur… - Annual Review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Penning-trap mass spectrometry in atomic and nuclear physics has become a well-
established and reliable tool for the determination of atomic masses. In combination with …

Nuclear astrophysics with radioactive beams

CA Bertulani, A Gade - Physics Reports, 2010 - Elsevier
The quest to comprehend how nuclear processes influence astrophysical phenomena is
driving experimental and theoretical research programs worldwide. One of the main goals in …

The neutrino spectrum

WT Winter, SJ Freedman, KE Rehm, JP Schiffer - Physical Review C—Nuclear …, 2006 - APS
Knowledge of the energy spectrum of B 8 neutrinos is important for interpreting experiments
that detect energetic neutrinos from the Sun. The neutrino spectrum deviates from the …

Multi-Sampling Ionization Chamber (MUSIC) for measurements of fusion reactions with radioactive beams

PFF Carnelli, S Almaraz-Calderon, KE Rehm… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2015 - Elsevier
A detection technique for high-efficiency measurements of fusion reactions with low-intensity
radioactive beams was developed. The technique is based on a Multi-Sampling Ionization …

Nucleon transfer reactions with radioactive beams

K Wimmer - Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Transfer reactions are a valuable tool to study the single-particle structure of nuclei. At
radioactive beam facilities transfer reactions have to be performed in inverse kinematics …

Measurements of Fusion Reactions of Low-Intensity Radioactive Carbon Beams on and their Implications for the Understanding of X-Ray Bursts

PFF Carnelli, S Almaraz-Calderon, KE Rehm… - Physical Review Letters, 2014 - APS
The interaction between neutron-rich nuclei plays an important role for understanding the
reaction mechanism of the fusion process as well as for the energy production through …