Related papers: Nuclear physics input for solar models
High energy solar neutrinos can come from the hep reaction ^3He(p,\nue^+)^4He with a large end point energy of 18.8 MeV. Understanding the hep reaction may be important for interpreting solar neutrino spectra. We calculate the contribution…
The nuclear physics input from the 3He(alpha,gamma)7Be cross section is a major uncertainty in the fluxes of 7Be and 8B neutrinos from the Sun predicted by solar models and in the 7Li abundance obtained in big-bang nucleosynthesis…
Total reaction cross sections of light projectile nucleus (H-2, H-3, He-3 and He-4) interactions with nuclei are calculated using Geant4 models, and compared with experimental data. It is shown that the models give various predictions at…
Cross sections for the 7Be(p,gamma)8B reaction have been measured for E_c.m.= 0.35-1.4 MeV using radioactive 7Be targets. Two independent measurements carried out with different beam conditions, different targets and detectors are in…
We developed a hierarchical Bayesian framework to estimate S-factors and thermonuclear rates for the $^3$He(d,p)$^{4}$He reaction, which impacts the primordial abundances of $^3$He and $^7$Li. The available data are evaluated and all direct…
This work is concerned with the theoretical study of nuclear reactions between light charged ions at incident energies around and below the reactants Coulomb barrier, with a focus on the energy range of astrophysical interest for Big Bang…
We present here a first application of the Fermionic Molecular Dynamics (FMD) approach to low-energy nuclear reactions, namely the $^3$He($\alpha$,$\gamma$)$^7$Be radiative capture reaction. We divide the Hilbert space into an external…
We consider several nuclear fusion reactions that take place at the center of the sun, which are omitted in the standard pp-chain model. More specifically the reaction rates of the nonradiative production of ^3He, ^7Be, and ^8B nuclei in…
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…
Solar model predictions of 8B and p-p neutrinos agree with the experimentally-determined fluxes (including oscillations): phi(pp)_{measured} = (1.02 +- 0.02 +- 0.01)phi(pp)_{theory}, and phi(8B)_{measured} =(0.88 +- .04 +-…
A quantitative and predictive microscopic theoretical framework that can describe reactions induced by $\alpha$ particles ($^4$He nuclei) and heavier projectiles is currently lacking. Such a framework would contribute to reducing…
The cross-sections and analyzing powers for $(p,n)$ reactions on ${}^{3}{\rm He}$ and ${}^{4}{\rm He}$ have been measured at a bombarding energy of $T_p$ = 346 MeV and reaction angles of $\theta_{\rm lab}$ = $9.4^{\circ}$--$27^{\circ}$. The…
If the low energy cross section for 3He + p goes to 4He + e + nu_e, the `hep' reaction, is > 20 times larger than the best (but uncertain) theoretical estimates, then this reaction could significantly influence the electron energy spectrum…
The $Hep$ process is a weak-interaction reaction, $He3 + p \to He4 + e^+ + \nu_e$, which occurs in the sun. There is renewed interest in $Hep$ owing to current experimental efforts to extract from the observed solar neutrino spectrum…
The cluster structure of the neutron-rich isotope $^{10}$Be has been probed via the $(p,p\alpha)$ reaction at 150 MeV/nucleon in inverse kinematics and in quasifree conditions. The populated states of $^{6}$He residues were investigated…
$ $An experiment has been carried out for studying the cluster structure of $^9$Be induced by the $^3$He ions at the energy of 30 MeV. As results of the nuclear reaction $^3$He + $^9$Be the differential cross sections for the exit channels…
This work presents three-body calculations of the cross sections for the $^3$He+T $\to$ n+p+$^4$He fusion reaction. These calculations were performed by solving a set of six coupled Faddeev integral equations, utilizing a cluster…
The vacuum-polarization corrections to rates for nuclear-fusion reactions in the $pp$ chain and in the CNO cycle are calculated. For the reactions of particular importance to the solar-neutrino problem, the $\Hethree$, $\Hefour$, $\Be$, and…
The study of inelastic scattering and multi-nucleon transfer reactions was performed by bombarding a $^{9}$Be target with a $^3$He beam at an incident energy of 30 MeV. Angular distributions for $^9$Be($^3$He,$^3$He)$^{9}$Be,…
The radiative capture cross sections for the 3He(alpha,gamma)7Be and 3H(alpha,gamma)7Li reactions are calculated in the fully microscopic fermionic molecular dynamics approach using a realistic effective interaction that reproduces the…