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We use the hyperspherical adiabatic expansion method to discuss the the two mechanisms of sequential and direct three-body decay. Both short-range and Coulomb interactions are included. Resonances are assumed initially populated by a…
Rare isotopes are most often studied through nuclear reactions. Nuclear reactions can be used to obtain detailed structure information but also in connection to astrophysics to determine specific capture rates. In order to extract the…
A current interest in nuclear reactions, specifically with rare isotopes concentrates on their reaction with neutrons, in particular neutron capture. In order to facilitate reactions with neutrons one must use indirect methods using…
We study the impact of three-body forces on the response functions of cold neutron matter. These response functions are determined in the random phase approximation (RPA) from a residual interaction expressed in terms of Landau parameters.…
In neutron capture for magic--shell nuclei the direct reaction mechanism can be important and may even dominate. As an example we investigated the reaction $^{48}$Ca(n,$\gamma)^{49}$Ca for projectile energies below 250\,keV in a direct…
The $\pi^- + {^2{\rm H}} \rightarrow \gamma + n + n$, $\pi^- + {^3{\rm He}} \rightarrow \gamma + {^3{\rm H}}$, $\pi^- + {^3{\rm He}} \rightarrow \gamma + n + d$, $\pi^- + {^3{\rm He}} \rightarrow \gamma + n + n + p$ and $\pi^- + {^3{\rm H}}…
In low metallicity supermassive stars, the hot $pp$ chain can serve as an alternative way to produce the CNO nuclei. In the astrophysical environment of high temperature, the proton capture of $^8$B can be faster than its beta decay, thus…
Nucleon capture cross sections enter various astrophysical processes. The measurement of proton capture on nuclei at astrophysically relevant low energies is a challenge, and theoretical computations in this long-wavelength regime are…
A new thermonuclear $^{17}$O($n$,$\gamma$)$^{18}$O rate is derived based on a complete calculation of the direct-capture (DC) and resonant-capture contributions, for a temperature region up to 2 GK of astrophysical interest. We have firstly…
In the context of magnetic hyperthermia, several physical parameters are used to optimize the heat generation and these include the nanoparticles concentration and the magnitude and frequency of the external AC magnetic field. Here we…
For over a century, termolecular, or third order, chemical reactions have been explained by the Lindemann Hinshelwood mechanism, assuming sequential stabilization via bimolecular encounters. Here, we demonstrate that barrierless…
The astronomical gas-phase detection of simple species and small organic molecules in cold pre-stellar cores, with abundances as high as $\sim$$10^{-8}-10^{-9}$ n$_\text{H}$, contradicts the generally accepted idea that at $10$ K, such…
Observations and magnetohydrodynamic simulations of solar and stellar atmospheres reveal an intermittent behavior or steep gradients in physical parameters, such as magnetic field, temperature, and bulk velocities. The numerical solution of…
We analyze reactive collisions of a single Ba$^+$ ion in contact with an ultracold gas of Rb atoms at low three-body collision energies of 2.2(9) mK$\times k_{\mathrm{B}}$. Mapping out the Ba$^+$ loss rate dependence on the Rb atom density…
The cross sections for the $^{12}\mathrm{C}(\gamma,\alpha)^{8}\mathrm{Be}\rightarrow 3\alpha$ reaction have been successfully measured using exclusive coincidence between three $\alpha$ particles, minimizing Compton background. Sequential…
Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) relevance reactions 3He(2H,{\gamma})5Li, 3H(3He,{\gamma})6Li, 5Li(n,{\gamma})6Li as a key to approach for scenario of 6Li formation are treated. The rates of reaction for these processes are analyzed.…
Radiative capture reactions are one of the main inputs in stellar modelling. In numerous situations, the low energies at which these reactions occur in stars are not accessible with present experimental techniques. Electron screening is one…
A theory of temperature dynamics in many-body systems driven by time-dependent external sources is introduced. The formalism based on the combination of the perturbation theory and the fluctuational-electrodynamics approach in many-body…
Accurate nuclear reaction rates are needed for primordial nucleosynthesis and hydrostatic burning in stars. The relevant reactions are extremely difficult to measure directly in the laboratory at the small astrophysical energies. In recent…
Ultracold collisions of neutral atoms and molecules have been of great interest since experimental advances enabled the cooling and trapping of such species. This study is a theoretical investigation of a low-energy collision between an…