Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Experiment
Scientific paper
2009-06-05
Rept.Prog.Phys.72:086301,2009
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Experiment
Invited Review; accepted for publication in Reports on Progress in Physics; 26 pages; 27 figures
Scientific paper
10.1088/0034-4885/72/8/086301
It is in the nature of astrophysics that many of the processes and objects one tries to understand are physically inaccessible. Thus, it is important that those aspects that can be studied in the laboratory be rather well understood. One such aspect are the nuclear fusion reactions, which are at the heart of nuclear astrophysics. They influence sensitively the nucleosynthesis of the elements in the earliest stages of the universe and in all the objects formed thereafter, and control the associated energy generation, neutrino luminosity, and evolution of stars. We review an experimental approach for the study of nuclear fusion reactions based on an underground accelerator laboratory, named LUNA.
Costantini Heide
Formicola Alba
Imbriani Gianluca
Junker Markus
Rolfs Claus
No associations
LandOfFree
LUNA: a Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.
If you have personal experience with LUNA: a Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and LUNA: a Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-522443