Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2016) 131: 331
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2016-16331-0

Regular Article

Radioactive ion beams in nuclear astrophysics

¹ Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Seconda Università di Napoli, Caserta, Italy
² INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Napoli, Italy

^* e-mail: lgialanella@na.infn.it

Received: 15 May 2016
Accepted: 5 August 2016
Published online: 22 September 2016

Abstract

Unstable nuclei play a crucial role in the Universe. In this lecture, after a short introduction to the field of Nuclear Astrophysics, few selected cases in stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis are discussed to illustrate the importance and peculiarities of processes involving unstable species. Finally, some experimental techniques useful for measurements using radioactive ion beams and the perspectives in this field are presented.