https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2019-12497-1
Review
Introduction to experimental nuclear astrophysics
1
INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, via Acitelli 22, 67100, L’Aquila, Italy
2
Dipartimento Fisica “E. Pancini”, Università degli Studi Napoli “Federico II” and INFN, Napoli, Italy
* e-mail: formicola@lngs.infn.it
Received:
13
June
2018
Accepted:
6
January
2019
Published online:
7
March
2019
The present contribution aims to present some general features of the experimental approaches in Nuclear Astrophysics. After a general introduction on light elements nucleosynthesis and on how to determine the reaction rates in a stellar environment, we will focus our attention on underground experiments aimed to directly measure nuclear cross sections of astrophysics interest. We will discuss the 14N(p,
)15O and 12C + 12C reactions, underlying the advantages in approaching these measurements in a deep underground laboratory, as the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso.
© Società Italiana di Fisica and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature, 2019
