R-matrix Methods with an application to 12C(alpha,gamma)16O

Carl R. Brune

doi:10.1063/1.3362603

R-matrix Methods with an application to 12C(alpha,gamma)16O

Nuclear Theory 2015-05-19 v1 Nuclear Experiment

Authors: Carl R. Brune

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Abstract

We review some aspects of R-matrix theory and its application to the semi-empirical analysis of nuclear reactions. Important applications for nuclear astrophysics and recent results for the ${}^{12}{\rm C}(\alpha,\gamma){}^{16}{\rm O}$ reaction are emphasized.

Keywords

nuclear astrophysics reaction rates nuclear physics

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@article{arxiv.1005.4423,
  title  = {R-matrix Methods with an application to 12C(alpha,gamma)16O},
  author = {Carl R. Brune},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.4423},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

7 pages. Published in the Proceedings of the Fifth European Summer School on Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics, Santa Tecla, Sicily, Italy, 20-27 September 2009, Editors Claudio Spitaleri, Claus Rolfs, and Rosario Gianluca Pizzone, AIP Conference Proceedings number 1213 (AIP, New York, 2010), pp. 35-41