Eur. Phys. J. A 13, 207-212 (2002)

Coulomb dissociation studies for reactions in steady and explosive hydrogen burning

T. Motobayashi

Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan

(Received: 1 May 2001 )

Abstract
Radiative capture processes in steady and explosive hydrogen burning sometimes involve unstable nuclei. The Coulomb dissociation method has been used to determine the cross-sections of such reactions indirectly with intermediate-energy RI beams. Recent studies on reactions in the pp chain, hot pp chain and CNO cycle are discussed.

PACS
25.60.-t - Reactions induced by unstable nuclei.
25.70.De - Coulomb excitation.
26.65.+t - Solar neutrinos.

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