Cristallo, S. and Vescovi, D. (2019) Nuclear astrophysics at the n TOF facility: Some key cases in low mass star evolution and Neutron Star Mergers. Il nuovo cimento C, 42 (2-3). pp. 1-4. ISSN 1826-9885
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Abstract
Nuclear astrophysics is an interdisciplinary field at the crossing of various branches, from experimental and theoretical studies of nuclear cross sections to stellar evolutionary models of high complexity. The physics of stellar interiors can be constrained only if the adopted inputs in stellar modelling are known with high accuracy. For the nucleosynthesis of heavy elements, neutron capture and neutron induced fission cross sections are among the major sources of uncertainty and, thus, any improvement in their estimates represents a progress toward a better comprehension of stellar processes. Here I will present an astrophysicist perspective on some measurements carried out at the n TOF facility at CERN. I will discuss some cases related to the slow neutron capture process (the s-process) and to the rapid neutron capture process (the r-process).
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 530 Fisica |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Dec 2020 08:43 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Dec 2020 08:43 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/20520 |
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