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Recent Astrophysical Studies with Exotic Beams at ORNL...

by Daniel W Bardayan
Publication Type
Conference Paper
Journal Name
The European Physical Journal A
Publication Date
Page Numbers
97 to 106
Volume
27
Conference Name
2nd International Conference on Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics
Conference Location
Debrecen, Hungary
Conference Date
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The availability of exotic beams has produced great opportunities for advances in our understanding of the nucleosynthesis occurring in stellar burning and stellar explosions such as novae, X-ray bursts, and supernovae. In these extreme environments, synthesized radioactive nuclei can undergo subsequent nuclear processing before they decay, and thus to understand these events, we must understand reaction rates involving radioactive nuclei. At the ORNL Holi�led Radioactive Ion Beam Facility (HRIBF), we have made several recent measurements using proton-rich beams such as 18F and 7Be and neutron-rich
beams such as 82Ge and 84Se that help clarify the structure of astrophysically-important nuclei. We are also poised to begin studies with doubly-magic 132Sn. The experimental methods and results are discussed.