The Trojan Horse Method for nuclear astrophysics and its recent applications

L. Lamia; C. Spitaleri; M. Mazzocco; A. Boiano; C. Boiano; C. Broggini; A. Caciolli; R. Depalo; A. Di Pietro; P. Figuera; F. Galtarossa; G.L. Guardo; M. Gulino; S. Hayakawa; S. Kubono; M. La Cognata; M. La Commara; G. La Rana; M. Lattuada; R. Menegazzo; A. Pakou; C. Parascandolo; D. Piatti; D. Pierroutsakou; R.G. Pizzone; S.M.R. Puglia; S. Romano; G.G. Rapisarda; A.M. Sanchez-Benitez; M.L. Sergi; O. Sgouros; H. Silva; F. Soramel; V. Soukeras; E. Strano; D. Torresi; O. Trippella; A. Tumino; H. Yamaguchi; F.L. Villante; G.L. Zhang

doi:10.1051/epjconf/201716501032

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EPJ Web of Conferences 165, 01032 (2017)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201716501032

The Trojan Horse Method for nuclear astrophysics and its recent applications

L. Lamia¹^,2^*, C. Spitaleri¹^,2, M. Mazzocco³^,4, A. Boiano⁶, C. Boiano¹³, C. Broggini⁴, A. Caciolli³^,4, R. Depalo³^,4, A. Di Pietro², P. Figuera², F. Galtarossa¹⁵, G.L. Guardo¹^,2, M. Gulino¹^,10, S. Hayakawa⁷, S. Kubono⁸^,14, M. La Cognata¹, M. La Commara⁶^,9, G. La Rana⁶^,9, M. Lattuada¹^,2, R. Menegazzo⁴, A. Pakou⁵, C. Parascandolo⁶, D. Piatti³^,4, D. Pierroutsakou⁶, R.G. Pizzone¹, S.M.R. Puglia¹^,2, S. Romano¹^,2, G.G. Rapisarda¹, A.M. Sanchez-Benitez¹⁷, M.L. Sergi¹, O. Sgouros⁵, H. Silva¹⁸, F. Soramel³^,4, V. Soukeras⁵, E. Strano³^,4, D. Torresi¹, O. Trippella¹⁹^,20, A. Tumino¹^,10, H. Yamaguchi⁷, F.L. Villante¹¹^,12 and G.L. Zhang¹⁶

¹ Laboratori Nazionali del Sud di Catania, LNS-INFN, Italy
² Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Catania, Italy
³ Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Padova, Italy
⁴ INFN-Sezione di Padova, Italy
⁵ Department of Physics and HINP, University of Ioannina, Greece
⁶ INFN-Sezione di Napoli, Italy
⁷ Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, Japan
⁸ Riken Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama, Japan
⁹ Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli, Italy
¹⁰ Facoltà di Ingegneria e Architettura, Università degli Studi di Enna Kore, Italy
¹¹ Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso LNGS-INFN, Assergi (AQ), Italy
¹² Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche, Università de L’Aquila, Italy
¹³ INFN-Sezione di Milano, Italy
¹⁴ Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
¹⁵ Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, LNL-INFN, Italy
¹⁶ School of Physics and Nuclear Energy Engineering, Bihang University
¹⁷ Universitad de Huelva, Spain
¹⁸ Universitad de Lisboa, Purtugal
¹⁹ Dipartimento di Fisica e Geologia, Università di Perugia, Italy
²⁰ INFN-Sezione di Perugia, Italy

^* e-mail: llamia@lns.infn.it

Published online: 30 December 2017

Abstract

The Trojan Horse Method (THM) has been applied extensively for the last 25 years to measure nuclear reaction cross sections of interest for astrophysics. Although it has been mainly applied for charged particle-induced reactions, recently it has been found to have also a relevant role for neutron-induced reactions. Here, some advantages of THM will be discussed and the preliminary results of the cosmological relevant ⁷Be(n,α)⁴He cross section measurement are discussed.

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