Nuclei in the Cosmos (NIC XVII)

Session

Poster session (Underground nuclear astrophysics)

19 Sept 2023, 17:00

97. Nuclear reactions of astrophysical interest on neon isotopes at LUNA

Federico FERRARO (INFN - LNGS)

19/09/2023, 17:00

Underground nuclear astrophysics

Poster

A group of reactions involving neon isotopes have been studied at the Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics (LUNA) using the intense proton beam delivered by the LUNA 400 kV accelerator and a windowless differential-pumping gas target.
For years the $\mathrm{^{22}Ne(p, \gamma)^{23}Na}$ reaction was the most uncertain reaction in the NeNa cycle of hydrogen burning. LUNA was able to...