At temperatures typical of astrophysical environments, nuclear cross sections are extremely small and experimental measurements in a laboratory at the Earth’s surface are hampered by the cosmic background. The LUNA collaboration has exploited the unique features of background reduction offered by the rock overburden above the LNGS underground laboratory in order to study very important hydrogen-burning reactions at their relevant astrophysical energies. After a general introduction on the LUNA experiment, this paper reports on the most important results for the (p,γ) and (α,γ) fusion reactions measured so far and their astrophysical consequences. A quick look on the future possibilities is also given.

Recent results on (p,gamma) and (alpha,gamma) fusion reactions at LUNA / A. Guglielmetti. - In: EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES. - ISSN 2100-014X. - 17(2011), pp. 06001.06001.1-06001.06001.6. ((Intervento presentato al 5. convegno International conference Fusion11 tenutosi a St. Malo, Francia nel 2011 [10.1051/epjconf/20111706001].

Recent results on (p,gamma) and (alpha,gamma) fusion reactions at LUNA

A. Guglielmetti
Primo
2011

Abstract

At temperatures typical of astrophysical environments, nuclear cross sections are extremely small and experimental measurements in a laboratory at the Earth’s surface are hampered by the cosmic background. The LUNA collaboration has exploited the unique features of background reduction offered by the rock overburden above the LNGS underground laboratory in order to study very important hydrogen-burning reactions at their relevant astrophysical energies. After a general introduction on the LUNA experiment, this paper reports on the most important results for the (p,γ) and (α,γ) fusion reactions measured so far and their astrophysical consequences. A quick look on the future possibilities is also given.
Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare
Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica
2011
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