Apr
11
2025

Nuclear reactions for Astrophysics and the opportunity of indirect methods featuring Marco La Cognata (INFN LNS, Italy) (Opens in a new window)

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Hosted by: Jakub Skowronski (University of Padua, Italy)

Abstract: Nuclear reactions among charged particles in stars take place at energies generally well below the Coulomb barrier, so the Coulomb barrier penetration factor exponentially suppresses the cross sections down to values as small as few nanobarns or picobarns. Therefore, approaching astrophysical energies opens new challenges and calls for new approaches.