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We explore approximations to the effective $S$ factor for the $^7Be(p,\gamma)^8B$ reaction using different approximation for the integral over the Gamov peak. In the temperature range of interest for solar neutrino production, $S_{eff}(E)$…
The 7Be(p,gamma)8B reaction plays a central role in the evaluation of solar neutrino fluxes. We report on a new precision measurement of the cross section of this reaction, following our previous experiment with an implanted target, a…
Review of calculation results for astrophysical S-factor of the 14N(p,gamma)15O capture reaction in the p14N channel of 15O was presented. It was carried out in the frame of the modified potential cluster model, taking into account…
We study the nonresonant part of the $^7$Be($p,\gamma$)$^8$B reaction using a three-cluster resonating group model that is variationally converged and virtually complete in the $^4$He+$^3$He+$p$ model space. The importance of using adequate…
The cross sections of the $^3$He($\alpha$,$\alpha$)$^3$He and $^3$He($\alpha$,$\gamma$)$^7$Be reactions are studied at low energies using a simple two-body model in combination with a double-folding potential. At very low energies the…
Spurred by the recent complete determination of the weak currents in two-nucleon systems up to ${\cal O}(Q^3)$ in heavy-baryon chiral perturbation theory, we carry out a parameter-free calculation of the threshold $S$-factors for the solar…
Bayesian analysis of the radiative capture reactions $^3\mathrm{He}(\alpha,\gamma)^7\mathrm{Be}$ and $^3\mathrm{H}(\alpha,\gamma)^7\mathrm{Li}$ are performed to draw inferences about the cross sections at threshold. We do a model comparison…
Recently, the LUNA collaboration has carried out a high precision measurement on the 3He(alpha,gamma)7Be reaction cross section with both activation and on-line gamma-detection methods at unprecedented low energies. In this paper the…
The radiative capture cross sections of $^{12}$C($\alpha$,$\gamma$)$^{16}$O and derived reaction rates are calculated from the direct capture potential model. The resulting $S$-factor at low energies is found to be dominated by $E$2…
The $S_{E1}$-factor of radiative $\alpha$-capture on $^{12}$C is studied in effective field theory up to next-to-leading order. A modification of the counting rules for the radiative capture amplitudes is discussed. We find that only two…
An effective field theory (EFT) for a nuclear reaction at low energies is studied. The astrophysical $S$-factor of radiative $\alpha$ capture on $^{12}$C at the Gamow-peak energy, $T_G=0.3$ MeV, is a fundamental quantity in…
The astrophysical S-factor of p2H radiative capture in the energy range down to 1 keV is considered in the potential cluster model with the classification of orbital states according to Young's scheme symmetry. It is shown that the approach…
Measurements of scattering of $^{7}$Be at 87 MeV on a melamine (C$_{3}$N$ _{6}$H$_{6}$) target and of $^{8}$B at 95 MeV on C were performed. For $^{7}$Be the angular range was extended over previous measurements and monitoring of the…
We present a new calculation of the ${}^6{\rm Li}(p,\gamma){}^7{\rm Be}$ radiative capture astrophysical $S$-factor in a cluster model framework. We consider several intercluster potentials, adjusted to reproduce the ${}^7{\rm Be}$ bound…
We study a radiative $p^{15}$N capture on the ground state of $^{16}$O at stellar energies within the framework of a modified potential cluster model (MPCM) with forbidden states, including low-lying resonances. The investigation of the…
The angular distributions of $^{8}$Be states in the excitation energy region, E$_{x}$ $\ \sim$($16.5-18.2$) MeV, produced in the $^{7}$Li($^{3}% $He,d)$^{8}$Be proton transfer reaction have been measured at the Orsay 14.8$-$MV tandem…
The $S_{E1}$ factor of radiative $\alpha$ capture on $^{12}$C is studied in effective field theory. We briefly discuss the strategy for the calculation of the reaction and report a first result of $S_{E1}$ at the Gamow-peak energy,…
The ${}^{16}O ({}^{3}He,d) {}^{17}F$ reaction has been used to determine asymptotic normalization coefficients for transitions to the ground and first excited states of ${}^{17}F$. The coefficients provide the normalization for the tails of…
The $^3$He($\alpha$,$\gamma$)$^7$Be reaction plays a major role both in the BBN producing the majority of the primordial $^7$Li, and in the pp-chain, where it is the branching point. As a few-nucleon system, this reaction is often used to…
Study of radiative $\alpha$ capture on $^{12}$C, $^{12}$C($\alpha$,$\gamma$)$^{16}$O, in cluster effective field theory (EFT) is reviewed. A low energy EFT for $^{12}$C($\alpha$,$\gamma$)$^{16}$O at the Gamow-peak energy, $E_G=0.3$~MeV, is…