Eur. Phys. J. A (2005) 25: 665-668
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjad/i2005-06-086-0

ENAM 2004

The Trojan-Horse method for nuclear astrophysics

Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung mbH (GSI), Planckstraße 1, D-64291, Darmstadt, Germany

^* e-mail: s.typel@gsi.de

Received: 1 October 2004
Accepted: 18 February 2005
Published online: 23 May 2005

Abstract

The Trojan-Horse method is an indirect approach to determine the low-energy astrophysical S-factor of direct nuclear reactions by studying closely related transfer reactions with three particles in the final state under quasi-free scattering conditions. The theoretical foundation and basic features of this approach are presented. General considerations for the application of method and two examples are discussed.