The European Physical Journal A (EPJ A)

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Editorial

Frontmatter p. V

Zs. Fülöp, R. C. Johnson and S. Kubono

Published online: 20 April 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-054-1

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Editorial

Foreword p. XV

Zs. Fülöp, R. C. Johnson and S. Kubono

Published online: 15 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-053-2

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Big bang nucleosynthesis in the new cosmology p. 3

B. D. Fields

Published online: 13 February 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-001-2

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Salty neutrinos from the Sun - Results from the salt phase of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory p. 17

S. J. M. Peeters

Published online: 10 February 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-002-1

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Prospects in double beta decay searches p. 25

S. Pirro

Published online: 14 February 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-003-0

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Search for rare processes with DAMA/LXe experiment at Gran Sasso p. 35

R. Bernabei, P. Belli, F. Montecchia, F. Nozzoli, F. Cappella, A. Incicchitti, D. Prosperi, R. Cerulli, C. J. Dai, V. Yu. Denisov and V. I. Tretyak

Published online: 22 February 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-004-y

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On the importance of low-energy beta beams for supernova neutrino physics p. 43

N. Jachowicz and G. C. McLaughlin

Published online: 21 February 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-005-x

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Neutrino-nucleon scattering rates in protoneutron stars and nuclear correlations in the spin S = 1 channel p. 49

L. Mornas

Published online: 27 February 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-006-9

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Searching for Majorana neutrinos with double beta decay and with beta beams p. 63

L. Lukaszuk, Z. Sujkowski and S. Wycech

Published online: 14 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-008-7

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Interactions of the solar neutrinos with the deuterons p. 67

B. Mosconi, P. Ricci and E. Truhlık

Published online: 23 February 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-009-6

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Relation between the ¹⁶O(α,γ)²⁰Ne reaction and its reverse ²⁰Ne(γ,α)¹⁶O reaction in stars and in the laboratory p. 75

P. Mohr, C. Angulo, P. Descouvemont and H. Utsunomiya

Published online: 23 February 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-010-1

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Enhanced d(d,p)t fusion reaction in metals p. 79

F. Raiola, B. Burchard, Zs. Fülöp, Gy. Gyürky, S. Zeng, J. Cruz, A. Di Leva, B. Limata, M. Fonseca, H. Luis et al. (15 more)

Published online: 24 February 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-011-0

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Experimental and theoretical screening energies for the ²H(d, p)³H reaction in metallic environments p. 83

K. Czerski, A. Huke, P. Heide and G. Ruprecht

Published online: 23 February 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-012-y

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Influence of chaos on the fusion enhancement by electron screening p. 89

S. Kimura, A. Bonasera and S. Cavallaro

Published online: 24 February 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-013-x

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Measurement of the LT-asymmetry in πelectroproduction at the energy of the Δ(1232)-resonance p. 91

D. Elsner, A. Süle, P. Barneo, P. Bartsch, D. Baumann, J. Bermuth, R. Böhm, D. Bosnar, M. Ding, M. Distler et al. (23 more)

Published online: 06 February 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10212-2

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Recent astrophysical studies with exotic beams at ORNL p. 97

D. W. Bardayan

Published online: 28 February 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-014-9

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Beacons in the sky: Classical novae vs. X-ray bursts p. 107

J. José and M. Hernanz

Published online: 24 February 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-015-8

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Re-evaluating reaction rates relevant to nova nucleosynthesis from a nuclear structure perspective p. 117

D. G. Jenkins, C. J. Lister, R. V. F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, E. F. Moore, K. E. Rehm, D. Seweryniak, A. H. Wuosmaa, T. Davinson, P. J. Woods et al. (4 more)

Published online: 24 February 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-016-7

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Evidence for p-process nucleosynthesis recorded at the Solar System abundances p. 123

T. Hayakawa, N. Iwamoto, T. Shizuma, T. Kajino, H. Umeda and K. Nomoto

Published online: 13 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-017-6

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(n,γ) cross-sections of light p nuclei - Towards an updated database for the p process p. 129

I. Dillmann, M. Heil, F. Käppeler, R. Plag, T. Rauscher and F. -K. Thielemann

Published online: 10 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-018-5

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Photodissociation of p-process nuclei studied by bremsstrahlung-induced activation p. 135

M. Erhard, A. R. Junghans, R. Beyer, E. Grosse, J. Klug, K. Kosev, C. Nair, N. Nankov, G. Rusev, K. D. Schilling et al. (2 more)

Published online: 13 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-019-4

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^{106, 108}Cd (p,γ)^{107, 109}In cross-sections for the astrophysical p-process p. 141

Gy. Gyürky, G. G. Kiss, Z. Elekes, Zs. Fülöp and E. Somorjai

Published online: 10 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-020-y

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The one-body and two-body density matrices of finite nuclei with an appropriate treatment of the center-of-mass motion^⋆ p. 143

A. Shebeko, P. Papakonstantinou and E. Mavrommatis

Published online: 30 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10247-3

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Photodissociation of neutron deficient nuclei p. 149

K. Sonnabend, M. Babilon, J. Hasper, S. Müller, M. Zarza and A. Zilges

Published online: 07 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-022-9

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Photonuclear reaction data and γ-ray sources for astrophysics p. 153

H. Utsunomiya, S. Goko, H. Toyokawa, H. Ohgaki, K. Soutome, H. Yonehara, S. Goriely, P. Mohr and Zs. Fülöp

Published online: 24 February 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-023-8

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CNO hydrogen burning studied deep underground p. 161

The LUNA Collaboration, D. Bemmerer, F. Confortola, A. Lemut, R. Bonetti, C. Broggini, P. Corvisiero, H. Costantini, J. Cruz, A. Formicola et al. (22 more)

Published online: 08 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-024-7

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Pygmy dipole strength close to particle-separation energies --The case of the Mo isotopes p. 171

G. Rusev, E. Grosse, M. Erhard, A. Junghans, K. Kosev, K. -D. Schilling, R. Schwengner and A. Wagner

Published online: 13 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-025-6

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Towards a high-precision measurement of the ³He(α,γ)⁷Be cross section at LUNA p. 177

H. Costantini, D. Bemmerer, P. Bezzon, R. Bonetti, C. Broggini, M. L. Casanova, F. Confortola, P. Corvisiero, J. Cruz, Z. Elekes et al. (23 more)

Published online: 07 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-026-5

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Radiative and non-radiative electron capture from carbon atoms by relativistic helium ions p. 181

A. Gójska, D. Chmielewska, P. Rymuza, J. Rzadkiewicz, Z. Sujkowski, T. Adachi, H. Fujita, Y. Fujita, Y. Shimbara, K. Hara et al. (7 more)

Published online: 29 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-027-4

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A first experimental approach to the ¹⁵O + α elastic scattering p. 183

F. Vanderbist, P. Leleux, C. Angulo, E. Casarejos, M. Couder, M. Loiselet, G. Ryckewaert, P. Descouvemont, M. Aliotta, T. Davinson et al. (2 more)

Published online: 27 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10265-1

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Evidence for a host-material dependence of the n/p branching ratio of low-energy d+d reactions within metallic environments p. 187

A. Huke, K. Czerski, T. Dorsch, A. Biller, P. Heide and G. Ruprecht

Published online: 16 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-028-3

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New measurement of ⁷Be half-life in different metallic environments p. 193

B. N. Limata, Zs. Fülöp, D. Schürmann, N. De Cesare, A. D'Onofrio, A. Esposito, L. Gialanella, Gy. Gyürky, G. Imbriani, F. Raiola et al. (7 more)

Published online: 07 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-029-2

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Study of the ¹⁰⁶Cd (α,α)¹⁰⁶Cd scattering at energies relevant to the p-process p. 197

G. G. Kiss, Zs. Fülöp, Gy. Gyürky, Z. Máté, E. Somorjai, D. Galaviz, A. Kretschmer, K. Sonnabend and A. Zilges

Published online: 08 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-030-9

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The K⁰ _SK⁰ _S final state in two-photon collisions and SU(3) tensor nonets p. 207

V. A. Schegelsky, A. V. Sarantsev, V. A. Nikonov and A. V. Anisovich

Published online: 31 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10264-2

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Can the neutron-capture cross sections be measured with Coulomb dissociation? p. 217

Á. Horváth, K. Ieki, Á. Kiss, A. Galonsky, M. Thoennessen, T. Baumann, D. Bazin, C. A. Bertulani, C. Bordeanu, N. Carlin et al. (16 more)

Published online: 28 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-033-6

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Study of the ⁹Be(p,α)⁶Li reaction via the Trojan Horse Method p. 221

S. Romano, L. Lamia, C. Spitaleri, C. Li, S. Cherubini, M. Gulino, M. La Cognata, R. G. Pizzone and A. Tumino

Published online: 13 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-034-5

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Casimir scaling, glueballs, and hybrid gluelumps p. 225

V. Mathieu, C. Semay and F. Brau

Published online: 01 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10251-7

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Re-evaluation of the low-energy Coulomb-dissociation cross section of ⁸B and the astrophysical S₁₇ factor p. 227

K. Sümmerer

Published online: 10 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-035-4

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Study of the ²⁶Si(p,γ)²⁷P reaction through Coulomb dissociation of ²⁷P p. 233

Y. Togano, T. Gomi, T. Motobayashi, Y. Ando, N. Aoi, H. Baba, K. Demichi, Z. Elekes, N. Fukuda, Zs. Fülöp et al. (35 more)

Published online: 10 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-036-3

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Breakup of loosely bound nuclei as indirect method in nuclear astrophysics: ⁸B, ⁹C, ²³Al p. 237

L. Trache, F. Carstoiu, C. A. Gagliardi and R. E. Tribble

Published online: 10 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-037-2

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Validity test of the Trojan Horse Method applied to the ⁷Li + p → α + α reaction via the ³He break-up p. 243

A. Tumino, C. Spitaleri, M. L. Sergi, V. Kroha, V. Burjan, S. Cherubini, Zs. Fülöp, M. La Cognata, L. Lamia, J. Novác et al. (5 more)

Published online: 10 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-038-1

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Indirect measurement of the ¹⁵N(p,α)¹²C reaction cross section through the Trojan-Horse Method p. 249

M. La Cognata, S. Romano, C. Spitaleri, R. Tribble, L. Trache, S. Cherubini, Changbo Fu, L. Lamia, A. Mukhamedzhanov, R. G. Pizzone et al. (3 more)

Published online: 13 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-039-0

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Nuclear structure far off stability --Implications for nuclear astrophysics p. 257

H. Grawe, A. Blazhev, M. Górska, R. Grzywacz, H. Mach and I. Mukha

Published online: 15 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-040-7

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Relation between proton and neutron asymptotic normalization coefficients for light mirror nuclei and its relevance for nuclear astrophysics p. 269

N. K. Timofeyuk, P. Descouvemont and R. C. Johnson

Published online: 15 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-041-6

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Resonances and final-state interactions in the reaction pp → pK⁺Λ p. 269

A. Sibirtsev, J. Haidenbauer, H. -W. Hammer and S. Krewald

Published online: 04 April 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2005-10268-x

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A simple interpretation of global trends in the lowest levels of p- and sd-shell nuclei p. 277

G. Lévai and P. O. Hess

Published online: 23 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-042-5

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Exploring the Nα + 3n light nuclei via the ( ⁷Li,⁷Be) reaction p. 283

C. Nociforo, F. Cappuzzello, A. Cunsolo, A. Foti, S. E. A. Orrigo, J. S. Winfield, M. Cavallaro, S. Fortier, D. Beaumel and H. Lenske

Published online: 29 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-043-4

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Equation of state of strongly interacting matter in compact stars p. 289

A. Lavagno and G. Pagliara

Published online: 21 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-044-3

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Clustering in light nuclei in fragmentation above 1 A GeV p. 295

N. P. Andreeva, D. A. Artemenkov, V. Bradnova, M. M. Chernyavsky, A. Sh. Gaitinov, N. A. Kachalova, S. P. Kharlamov, A. D. Kovalenko, M. Haiduc, S. G. Gerasimov et al. (18 more)

Published online: 14 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-045-2

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Study of the N = 28 shell closure in the Ar isotopic chain - A SPIRAL experiment for nuclear astrophysics p. 309

L. Gaudefroy, O. Sorlin, D. Beaumel, Y. Blumenfeld, Z. Dombrádi, S. Fortier, S. Franchoo, M. Gélin, J. Gibelin, S. Grévy et al. (20 more)

Published online: 15 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-047-0

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Status of the TRIUMF annular chamber for the tracking and identification of charged particles (TACTIC) p. 315

G. Ruprecht, D. Gigliotti, P. Amaudruz, L. Buchmann, S. P. Fox, B. R. Fulton, T. Kirchner, A. M. Laird, P. D. Mumby-Croft, R. Openshaw et al. (4 more)

Published online: 15 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-048-y

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Testing of the RIKEN-ATOMKI CsI(Tl) array in the study of ^{22, 23}O nuclear structure p. 321

Z. Elekes, Zs. Dombrádi, S. Bishop, Zs. Fülöp, J. Gibelin, T. Gomi, Y. Hashimoto, N. Imai, N. Iwasa, H. Iwasaki et al. (25 more)

Published online: 15 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-049-x

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Lifetimes and side-feeding population of the yrast band levels in ¹³¹La p. 325

E. Grodner, A. A. Pasternak, Ch. Droste, T. Morek, J. Srebrny, J. Kownacki, W. Płóciennik, A. A. Wasilewski, M. Kowalczyk, M. Kisieliński et al. (4 more)

Published online: 12 April 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-10006-0

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Radiative electron capture --A tool to detect He⁺⁺ in space p. 333

D. Chmielewska and Z. Sujkowski

Published online: 23 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-051-4

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AMS --A powerful tool for probing nucleosynthesis via long-lived radionuclides p. 337

A. Wallner, R. Golser, W. Kutschera, A. Priller, P. Steier and C. Vockenhuber

Published online: 23 March 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-08-052-3

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Testing the nature of the Λ(1520)-resonance in proton-induced production p. 373

L. Roca, C. Hanhart, E. Oset and U. -G. Meißner

Published online: 03 May 2006

DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2006-10009-9

EPJ

The European Physical Journal A - Hadrons and Nuclei

Volume 27 / No 2 (March 2006) Supplement 1

Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics II

Frontmatter p. V

Foreword p. XV

Big bang nucleosynthesis in the new cosmology p. 3

Salty neutrinos from the Sun - Results from the salt phase of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory p. 17

Prospects in double beta decay searches p. 25

Search for rare processes with DAMA/LXe experiment at Gran Sasso p. 35

On the importance of low-energy beta beams for supernova neutrino physics p. 43

Neutrino-nucleon scattering rates in protoneutron stars and nuclear correlations in the spin S = 1 channel p. 49

Searching for Majorana neutrinos with double beta decay and with beta beams p. 63

Interactions of the solar neutrinos with the deuterons p. 67

Relation between the 16O(α,γ)20Ne reaction and its reverse 20Ne(γ,α)16O reaction in stars and in the laboratory p. 75

Enhanced d(d,p)t fusion reaction in metals p. 79

Experimental and theoretical screening energies for the 2H(d, p)3H reaction in metallic environments p. 83

Influence of chaos on the fusion enhancement by electron screening p. 89

Measurement of the LT-asymmetry in πelectroproduction at the energy of the Δ(1232)-resonance p. 91

Recent astrophysical studies with exotic beams at ORNL p. 97

Beacons in the sky: Classical novae vs. X-ray bursts p. 107

Re-evaluating reaction rates relevant to nova nucleosynthesis from a nuclear structure perspective p. 117

Evidence for p-process nucleosynthesis recorded at the Solar System abundances p. 123

(n,γ) cross-sections of light p nuclei - Towards an updated database for the p process p. 129

Photodissociation of p-process nuclei studied by bremsstrahlung-induced activation p. 135

106, 108Cd (p,γ)107, 109In cross-sections for the astrophysical p-process p. 141

The one-body and two-body density matrices of finite nuclei with an appropriate treatment of the center-of-mass motion⋆ p. 143

Photodissociation of neutron deficient nuclei p. 149

Photonuclear reaction data and γ-ray sources for astrophysics p. 153

CNO hydrogen burning studied deep underground p. 161

Pygmy dipole strength close to particle-separation energies --The case of the Mo isotopes p. 171

Towards a high-precision measurement of the 3He(α,γ)7Be cross section at LUNA p. 177

Radiative and non-radiative electron capture from carbon atoms by relativistic helium ions p. 181

A first experimental approach to the 15O + α elastic scattering p. 183

Evidence for a host-material dependence of the n/p branching ratio of low-energy d+d reactions within metallic environments p. 187

New measurement of 7Be half-life in different metallic environments p. 193

Study of the 106Cd (α,α)106Cd scattering at energies relevant to the p-process p. 197

The K0 SK0 S final state in two-photon collisions and SU(3) tensor nonets p. 207

Can the neutron-capture cross sections be measured with Coulomb dissociation? p. 217

Study of the 9Be(p,α)6Li reaction via the Trojan Horse Method p. 221

Casimir scaling, glueballs, and hybrid gluelumps p. 225

Re-evaluation of the low-energy Coulomb-dissociation cross section of 8B and the astrophysical S17 factor p. 227

Study of the 26Si(p,γ)27P reaction through Coulomb dissociation of 27P p. 233

Breakup of loosely bound nuclei as indirect method in nuclear astrophysics: 8B, 9C, 23Al p. 237

Validity test of the Trojan Horse Method applied to the 7Li + p → α + α reaction via the 3He break-up p. 243

Indirect measurement of the 15N(p,α)12C reaction cross section through the Trojan-Horse Method p. 249

Nuclear structure far off stability --Implications for nuclear astrophysics p. 257

Relation between proton and neutron asymptotic normalization coefficients for light mirror nuclei and its relevance for nuclear astrophysics p. 269

Resonances and final-state interactions in the reaction pp → pK+Λ p. 269

A simple interpretation of global trends in the lowest levels of p- and sd-shell nuclei p. 277

Exploring the Nα + 3n light nuclei via the ( 7Li,7Be) reaction p. 283

Equation of state of strongly interacting matter in compact stars p. 289

Clustering in light nuclei in fragmentation above 1 A GeV p. 295

Study of the N = 28 shell closure in the Ar isotopic chain - A SPIRAL experiment for nuclear astrophysics p. 309

Status of the TRIUMF annular chamber for the tracking and identification of charged particles (TACTIC) p. 315

Testing of the RIKEN-ATOMKI CsI(Tl) array in the study of 22, 23O nuclear structure p. 321

Lifetimes and side-feeding population of the yrast band levels in 131La p. 325

Radiative electron capture --A tool to detect He++ in space p. 333

AMS --A powerful tool for probing nucleosynthesis via long-lived radionuclides p. 337

Testing the nature of the Λ(1520)-resonance in proton-induced production p. 373

Conference announcements

Relation between the ¹⁶O(α,γ)²⁰Ne reaction and its reverse ²⁰Ne(γ,α)¹⁶O reaction in stars and in the laboratory p. 75

Experimental and theoretical screening energies for the ²H(d, p)³H reaction in metallic environments p. 83

^{106, 108}Cd (p,γ)^{107, 109}In cross-sections for the astrophysical p-process p. 141

The one-body and two-body density matrices of finite nuclei with an appropriate treatment of the center-of-mass motion^⋆ p. 143

Towards a high-precision measurement of the ³He(α,γ)⁷Be cross section at LUNA p. 177

A first experimental approach to the ¹⁵O + α elastic scattering p. 183

New measurement of ⁷Be half-life in different metallic environments p. 193

Study of the ¹⁰⁶Cd (α,α)¹⁰⁶Cd scattering at energies relevant to the p-process p. 197

The K⁰ _SK⁰ _S final state in two-photon collisions and SU(3) tensor nonets p. 207

Study of the ⁹Be(p,α)⁶Li reaction via the Trojan Horse Method p. 221

Re-evaluation of the low-energy Coulomb-dissociation cross section of ⁸B and the astrophysical S₁₇ factor p. 227

Study of the ²⁶Si(p,γ)²⁷P reaction through Coulomb dissociation of ²⁷P p. 233

Breakup of loosely bound nuclei as indirect method in nuclear astrophysics: ⁸B, ⁹C, ²³Al p. 237

Validity test of the Trojan Horse Method applied to the ⁷Li + p → α + α reaction via the ³He break-up p. 243

Indirect measurement of the ¹⁵N(p,α)¹²C reaction cross section through the Trojan-Horse Method p. 249

Resonances and final-state interactions in the reaction pp → pK⁺Λ p. 269

Exploring the Nα + 3n light nuclei via the ( ⁷Li,⁷Be) reaction p. 283

Testing of the RIKEN-ATOMKI CsI(Tl) array in the study of ^{22, 23}O nuclear structure p. 321

Lifetimes and side-feeding population of the yrast band levels in ¹³¹La p. 325

Radiative electron capture --A tool to detect He⁺⁺ in space p. 333