Light element burning reactions at stellar temperatures in view of the recent THM measurements

L. Lamia; C. Spitaleri; R.G. Pizzone; E. Tognelli; S. Degl'Innocenti; M. La Cognata; P.G. Prada Moroni; M.L. Sergi; A. Tumino

doi:10.1051/eas/1363035

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Volume 63 (2013)

EAS Publications Series, 63 (2013) 315-320

Abstract

Issue		EAS Publications Series Volume 63, 2013 New Advances in Stellar Physics: From Microscopic to Macroscopic Processes


Page(s)		315 - 320
Section		Atomic Data and Opacities
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1363035
Published online		19 December 2013

New Advances in Stellar Physics: From Microscopic to Macroscopic Processes
G. Alecian, Y. Lebreton, O. Richard and G. Vauclair (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 63 (2013) 315–320

Light element burning reactions at stellar temperatures in view of the recent THM measurements

L. Lamia¹, C. Spitaleri¹^,2, R.G. Pizzone², E. Tognelli³, S. Degl'Innocenti³^,4, M. La Cognata², P.G. Prada Moroni³^,4, M.L. Sergi¹^,2 and A. Tumino²^,5

¹ Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Catania, Italy
² Laboratori Nazionali del Sud-INFN, Catania, Italy
³ Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
⁴ INFN Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
⁵ Università Kore, Enna, Italy

Abstract

The direct measurements of nuclear reaction cross sections at astrophysical energies are usually difficult to be performed in terrestrial laboratories, mainly because of the Coulomb barrier. An alternative way of studying these processes is via the indirect methods among which the Trojan Horse (THM) represents a powerful tool for studying charged-particles induced reactions at astrophysically energies without the need of extrapolation procedures. The recent THM studies about the lithium and boron destroying reactions will be here shown and discussed.