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1. NEAR: A New Station to Study Neutron-Induced Reactions of Astrophysical Interest at CERN-n_TOF

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Gianpiero Gervino, Oliver Aberle, Ana-Paula Bernardes, Nicola Colonna, Sergio Cristallo, Maria Diakaki, Salvatore Fiore, Alice Manna, Cristian Massimi, Pierfrancesco Mastinu, Alberto Mengoni, Riccardo Mucciola, Elizabeth Musacchio González, Nikolas Patronis, Elisso Stamati, Pedro Vaz, Rosa Vlastou, Gianpiero Gervino, Oliver Aberle, Ana-Paula Bernarde, Nicola Colonna, Sergio Cristallo, Maria Diakaki, Salvatore Fiore, Alice Manna, Cristian Massimi, Pierfrancesco Mastinu, Alberto Mengoni, Riccardo Mucciola, Elizabeth Musacchio Gonz??lez, Nikolas Patroni, Elisso Stamati, Pedro Vaz, Rosa Vlastou, ITA, and GRC

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Astrophysics and Astronomy, s-proce, r-process, NEAR, General Physics and Astronomy, Nuclear Physics - Experiment, n_TOF, neutron activation, Detectors and Experimental Techniques, nuclear astrophysics, s-process, Nuclear Experiment, nuclear astrophysic
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We present NEAR, a new experimental area at the CERN-n_TOF facility and a possible setup for cross section measurements of interest to nuclear astrophysics. This was recently realized with the aim of performing spectral-averaged neutron-capture cross section measurements by means of the activation technique. The recently commissioned NEAR station at n_TOF is now ready for the physics program, which includes a preliminary benchmark of the proposed idea. Based on the results obtained by dedicated Monte Carlo simulations and calculation, a suitable filtering of the neutron beam is expected to enable measurements of Maxwellian Averaged Cross Section (MACS) at different temperatures. To validate the feasibility of these studies we plan to start the measurement campaign by irradiating several isotopes whose MACS at different temperatures have recently been or are planned to be determined with high accuracy at n_TOF, as a function of energy in the two time-of-flight measurement stations. For instance, the physical cases of 88Sr(n,γ), 89Y(n,γ), 94Zr(n,γ) and 64Ni(n,γ) are discussed. As the neutron capture on 89Y produces a pure β-decay emitter, we plan to test the possibility to perform activation measurements on such class of isotopes as well. The expected results of these measurements would open the way to challenging measurements of MACS by the activation technique at n_TOF, for rare and/or exotic isotopes of interest for nuclear astrophysics.

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2022
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2. Characterization of the LUNA neutron detector array for the measurement of the 13C(α,n)16O reaction

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Csedreki L., Ciani G. F., Balibrea-Correa J., Best A., Aliotta M., Barile F., Bemmerer D., Boeltzig A., Broggini C., Bruno C. G., Caciolli A., Cavanna F., Chillery T., Colombetti P., Corvisiero P., Davinson T., Depalo R., Di Leva A., Elekes Z., Ferraro F., Fiore E. M., Formicola A., Fulop Z., Gervino G., Guglielmetti A., Gustavino C., Gyurky G., Imbriani G., Janas Z., Junker M., Kochanek I., Lugaro M., Marigo P., Masha E., Mazzocchi C., Menegazzo R., Mossa V., Pantaleo F. R., Paticchio V., Perrino R., Piatti D., Prati P., Schiavulli L., Stockel K., Straniero O., Szucs T., Takacs M. P., Terrasi F., Zavatarelli S., Csedreki, L., Ciani, G. F., Balibrea-Correa, J., Best, A., Aliotta, M., Barile, F., Bemmerer, D., Boeltzig, A., Broggini, C., Bruno, C. G., Caciolli, A., Cavanna, F., Chillery, T., Colombetti, P., Corvisiero, P., Davinson, T., Depalo, R., Di Leva, A., Elekes, Z., Ferraro, F., Fiore, E. M., Formicola, A., Fulop, Z., Gervino, G., Guglielmetti, A., Gustavino, C., Gyurky, G., Imbriani, G., Janas, Z., Junker, M., Kochanek, I., Lugaro, M., Marigo, P., Masha, E., Mazzocchi, C., Menegazzo, R., Mossa, V., Pantaleo, F. R., Paticchio, V., Perrino, R., Piatti, D., Prati, P., Schiavulli, L., Stockel, K., Straniero, O., Szucs, T., Takacs, M. P., Terrasi, F., and Zavatarelli, S.

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Underground laboratory, Nuclear Astrophysics, Helium-3 counter, Low-background, Neutron, Nuclear Astrophysic, Nuclear Experiment
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We introduce the LUNA neutron detector array developed for the investigation of the 13C(α, n)16O reaction towards its astrophysical s-process Gamow peak in the low-background environment of the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS). Eighteen 3He counters are arranged in two different configurations (in a vertical and a horizontal orientation) to optimize neutron detection efficiency, target handling and target cooling over the investigated energy range Eα,lab=300−400 keV (En=2.2−2.6MeV in emitted neutron energy). As a result of the deep underground location, the passive shielding of the setup and active background suppression using pulse shape discrimination, we reached a total background rate of 1.23±0.12 counts/hour. This resulted in an improvement of two orders of magnitude over the state of the art allowing a direct measurement of the 13C(α, n)16O cross-section down to Eα,lab=300 keV. The absolute neutron detection efficiency of the setup was determined using the 51V(p,n)51Cr reaction and an AmBe radioactive source, and completed with a Geant4 simulation. We determined a (34 ± 3)% and (38 ± 3)% detection efficiency for the vertical and horizontal configurations, respectively, for En=2.4MeV neutrons.

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2021
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3. Cross section of the reaction 18O(p,γ)19F at astrophysical energies: The 90 keV resonance and the direct capture component

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Rosanna Depalo, A. Best, Maria Lugaro, A. Formicola, Paolo Prati, Gianluca Imbriani, G. Gervino, A. Di Leva, A. Guglielmetti, László Csedreki, F. Ferraro, Carlo Broggini, Z. Elekes, K. Stöckel, R. Perrino, I. Kochanek, E. M. Fiore, T. Chillery, Roberto Menegazzo, Davide Trezzi, A. Boeltzig, P. Corvisiero, Raffaele Buompane, Sandra Zavatarelli, Thomas Davinson, Gy. Gyürky, Paola Marigo, Daniel Bemmerer, C. Gustavino, M. Junker, Frank Strieder, F. Cavanna, Michael Wiescher, D. Piatti, Tamás Szücs, C. G. Bruno, Richard deBoer, V. Paticchio, F. R. Pantaleo, Oscar Straniero, Marialuisa Aliotta, L. Schiavulli, M. P. Takács, G. F. Ciani, Antonio Caciolli, V. Mossa, Zs. Fülöp, J. Balibrea-Correa, Best, A., Pantaleo, F. R., Boeltzig, A., Imbriani, G., Aliotta, M., Balibrea-Correa, J., Bemmerer, D., Broggini, C., Bruno, C. G., Buompane, R., Caciolli, A., Cavanna, F., Chillery, T., Ciani, G. F., Corvisiero, P., Csedreki, L., Davinson, T., Deboer, R. J., Depalo, R., Di Leva, A., Elekes, Z., Ferraro, F., Fiore, E. M., Formicola, A., Fulop, Z., Gervino, G., Guglielmetti, A., Gustavino, C., Gyurky, G., Junker, M., Kochanek, I., Lugaro, M., Marigo, P., Menegazzo, R., Mossa, V., Paticchio, V., Perrino, R., Piatti, D., Prati, P., Schiavulli, L., Stockel, K., Straniero, O., Strieder, F., Szucs, T., Takacs, M. P., Trezzi, D., Wiescher, M., and Zavatarelli, S.

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Nuclear reaction, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Experimental nuclear astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Resonance (particle physics), Isotopes of oxygen, Stellar evolution, Reaction rate, Nuclear physics, Cross section (physics), Hydrogen burning, Underground nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Experimental nuclear astrophysics Underground nuclear physics Hydrogen burning Stellar evolution, Nuclear astrophysics, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Experimental nuclear astrophysic, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Giant star, lcsh:QC1-999, Orders of magnitude (time), lcsh:Physics
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The observation of oxygen isotopes in giant stars sheds light on mixing processes operating in their interiors. Due to the very strong correlation between nuclear burning and mixing processes it is very important to reduce the uncertainty on the cross sections of the nuclear reactions that are involved. In this paper we focus our attention on the reaction O 18 ( p , γ ) 19 F . While the O 18 ( p , α ) 15 N channel is thought to be dominant, the (p,γ) channel can still be an important component in stellar burning in giants, depending on the low energy cross section. So far only extrapolations from higher-energy measurements exist and recent estimates vary by orders of magnitude. These large uncertainties call for an experimental reinvestigation of this reaction. We present a direct measurement of the O 18 ( p , γ ) 19 F cross section using a high-efficiency 4π BGO summing detector at the Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics (LUNA). The reaction cross section has been directly determined for the first time from 140 keV down to 85 keV and the different cross section components have been obtained individually. The previously highly uncertain strength of the 90 keV resonance was found to be 0.53 ± 0.07 neV, three orders of magnitude lower than an indirect estimate based on nuclear properties of the resonant state and a factor of 20 lower than a recently established upper limit, excluding the possibility that the 90 keV resonance can contribute significantly to the stellar reaction rate.

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2019
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4. Direct measurements of low-energy resonance strengths of the 23Na(p,γ)24Mg reaction for astrophysics

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D. Piatti, Tamás Szücs, A. Best, V. Paticchio, Carlo Broggini, L. Schiavulli, R. Perrino, Frank Strieder, A. Di Leva, M. P. Takács, Roberto Menegazzo, C. Gustavino, E. M. Fiore, Gianluca Imbriani, K. Stöckel, Raffaele Buompane, F. Munnik, A. Guglielmetti, László Csedreki, Oscar Straniero, A. Boeltzig, G. Gervino, F. R. Pantaleo, Thomas Davinson, Davide Trezzi, F. Cavanna, Marialuisa Aliotta, F. Ferraro, I. Kochanek, Gy. Gyürky, Paola Marigo, Sandra Zavatarelli, M. Junker, Daniel Bemmerer, Michael Wiescher, Maria Lugaro, A. Formicola, Zs. Fülöp, J. Balibrea-Correa, G. F. Ciani, C. G. Bruno, Richard deBoer, T. Chillery, Z. Elekes, P. Corvisiero, Antonio Caciolli, Paolo Prati, V. Mossa, Rosanna Depalo, Boeltzig, A., Best, ANDREAS CHRISTIAN, Pantaleo, F. R., Imbriani, G., Junker, M., Aliotta, M., BALIBREA CORREA, Javier, Bemmerer, D., Broggini, C., Bruno, C. G., Buompane, R., Caciolli, A., Cavanna, F., Chillery, T., Ciani, G. F., Corvisiero, P., Csedreki, L., Davinson, T., Deboer, R. J., Depalo, R., Di Leva, A., Elekes, Z., Ferraro, F., Fiore, E. M., Formicola, A., Fulop, Z., Gervino, G., Guglielmetti, A., Gustavino, C., Gyurky, G., Kochanek, I., Lugaro, M., Marigo, P., Menegazzo, R., Mossa, V., Munnik, F., Paticchio, V., Perrino, R., Piatti, D., Prati, Martia Vittoria, Schiavulli, L., Stockel, K., Straniero, O., Strieder, Frank, Szucs, T., Takacs, M. P., Trezzi, D., Wiescher, M., Zavatarelli, S., Best, A., Balibrea-Correa, J., Prati, P., and Strieder, F.

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Experimental nuclear astrophysics, Cosmic ray, 01 natural sciences, Stellar evolution, Reaction rate, Hydrogen burning, Underground nuclear physics, Nucleosynthesis, 0103 physical sciences, Experimental nuclear astrophysics Underground nuclear physics Hydrogen burning Stellar evolution, Nuclear astrophysics, Asymptotic giant branch, 010306 general physics, Physics, Experimental nuclear astrophysic, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Gamma ray, Resonance, Atmospheric temperature range, lcsh:QC1-999, LUNA, 13. Climate action, Nuclear Astrophysiscs, Atomic physics, lcsh:Physics
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The NeNa and the MgAl cycles play a fundamental role in the nucleosynthesis of asymptotic giant branch stars undergoing hot bottom burning. The Na 23 ( p , γ ) 24 Mg reaction links these two cycles and a precise determination of its rate is required to correctly estimate the contribution of these stars to the chemical evolution of various isotopes of Na, Mg and Al. At temperatures of 50 ≲ T ≲ 110 MK , narrow resonances at E p = 140 and 251 keV are the main contributors to the reaction rate, in addition to the direct capture that dominates in the lower part of the temperature range. We present new measurements of the strengths of these resonances at the Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics (LUNA). We have used two complementary detection approaches: high efficiency with a 4π BGO detector for the 140 keV resonance, and high resolution with a HPGe detector for the 251 keV resonance. Thanks to the reduced cosmic ray background of LUNA, we were able to determine the resonance strength of the 251 keV resonance as ω γ = 482 ( 82 ) μ eV and observed new gamma ray transitions for the decay of the corresponding state in Mg 24 at E x = 11931 keV . With the highly efficient BGO detector, we observed a signal for the 140 keV resonance for the first time in a direct measurement, resulting in a strength of ω γ 140 = 1.46 − 0.53 + 0.58 neV (68% CL). Our measurement reduces the uncertainty of the Na 23 ( p , γ ) 24 Mg reaction rate in the temperature range from 0.05 to 0.1 GK to at most − 35 % + 50 % at 0.07 GK. Accordingly, our results imply a significant reduction of the uncertainties in the nucleosynthesis calculations.

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2019
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5. Observatory science with eXTP

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in't Zand, Jean J. M., Bozzo, Enrico, Qu, Jinlu, Li, Xiang-Dong, Amati, Lorenzo, Chen, Yang, Donnarumma, Immacolata, Doroshenko, Victor, Drake, Stephen A., Hernanz, Margarita, Jenke, Peter A., Maccarone, Thomas J., Mahmoodifar, Simin, De Martino, Domitilla, De Rosa, Alessandra, Rossi, Elena M., Rowlinson, Antonia, Sala, Gloria, Stratta, Giulia, Tauris, Thomas M., Wilms, Joern, Wu, Xuefeng, Zhou, Ping, Agudo, Iván, Altamirano, Diego, Atteia, Jean-Luc, Andersson, Nils A., Baglio, M. Cristina, Ballantyne, David R., Baykal, Altan, Behar, Ehud, Belloni, Tomaso, Bhattacharyya, Sudip, Bianchi, Stefano, Bilous, Anna, Blay, Pere, Braga, Joao, Brandt, Søren, Brown, Edward F., Bucciantini, Niccolò, Burderi, Luciano, Cackett, Edward M., Campana, Riccardo, Campana, Sergio, Casella, Piergiorgio, Cavecchi, Yuri, Chambers, Frank, Chen, Liang, Chen, Yu-Peng, Chenevez, Jérôme, Chernyakova, Maria, Jin, Chichuan, Ciolfi, Riccardo, Costantini, Elisa, Cumming, Andrew, D'Aì, Antonino, Dai, Zi-Gao, D'Ammando, Filippo, De Pasquale, Massimiliano, Degenaar, Nathalie, Del Santo, Melania, D'Elia, Valerio, Di Salvo, Tiziana, Doyle, Gerry, Falanga, Maurizio, Fan, Xilong, Ferdman, Robert D., Feroci, Marco, Fraschetti, Federico, Galloway, Duncan K., Gambino, Angelo F., Gandhi, Poshak, Ge, Mingyu, Gendre, Bruce, Gill, Ramandeep, Götz, Diego, Gouiffès, Christian, Grandi, Paola, Granot, Jonathan, Güdel, Manuel, Heger, Alexander, Heinke, Craig O., Homan, Jeroen, Iaria, Rosario, Iwasawa, Kazushi, Izzo, Luca, Ji, Long, Jonker, Peter G., José, Jordi, Kaastra, Jelle S., Kalemci, Emrah, Kargaltsev, Oleg, Kawai, Nobuyuki, Keek, Laurens, Komossa, Stefanie, Kreykenbohm, Ingo, Kuiper, Lucien, Kunneriath, Devaky, Li, Gang, Liang, En-Wei, Linares, Manuel, Longo, Francesco, Lu, Fangjun, Lutovinov, Alexander A., Malyshev, Denys, Malzac, Julien, Manousakis, Antonios, McHardy, Ian, Mehdipour, Missagh, Men, Yunpeng, Méndez, Mariano, Mignani, Roberto P., Mikusincova, Romana, Miller, M. Coleman, Miniutti, Giovanni, Motch, Christian, Nättilä, Joonas, Nardini, Emanuele, Neubert, Torsten, O'Brien, Paul T., Orlandini, Mauro, Osborne, Julian P., Pacciani, Luigi, Paltani, Stéphane, Paolillo, Maurizio, Papadakis, Iossif E., Paul, Biswajit, Pellizzoni, Alberto, Peretz, Uria, Pérez Torres, Miguel A., Perinati, Emanuele, Prescod-Weinstein, Chanda, Reig, Pablo, Riggio, Alessandro, Rodriguez, Jerome, Rodríguez-Gil, Pablo, Romano, Patrizia, Różańska, Agata, Sakamoto, Takanori, Salmi, Tuomo, Salvaterra, Ruben, Sanna, Andrea, Santangelo, Andrea, Savolainen, Tuomas, Schanne, Stéphane, Schatz, Hendrik, Shao, Lijing, Shearer, Andy, Shore, Steven N., Stappers, Ben W., Strohmayer, Tod E., Suleimanov, Valery F., Svoboda, Jir̆í, Thielemann, F.-K., Tombesi, Francesco, Torres, Diego F., Torresi, Eleonora, Turriziani, Sara, Vacchi, Andrea, Vercellone, Stefano, Vink, Jacco, Wang, Jian-Min, Wang, Junfeng, Watts, Anna L., Weng, Shanshan, Weinberg, Nevin N., Wheatley, Peter J., Wijnands, Rudy, Woods, Tyrone E., Woosley, Stan E., Xiong, Shaolin, Xu, Yupeng, Yan, Zhen, Younes, George, Yu, Wenfei, Yuan, Feng, Zampieri, Luca, Zane, Silvia, Zdziarski, Andrzej A., Zhang, Shuang-Nan, Zhang, Shu, Zhang, Shuo, Zhang, Xiao, Zingale, Michael, in ’t Zand, Jean, Drake, Stephen, Jenke, Peter, Maccarone, Thomas, Rossi, Elena, Tauris, Thomas, Andersson, Nils, Ballantyne, David, Brown, Edward, Cackett, Edward, D’Aì, Antonino, D’Ammando, Filippo, D’Elia, Valerio, Ferdman, Robert, Galloway, Duncan, Gambino, Angelo, Heinke, Craig, Jonker, Peter, Kaastra, Jelle, Lutovinov, Alexander, Mignani, Roberto, O’Brien, Paul, Osborne, Julian, Papadakis, Iossif, Pérez Torres, Miguel, Shore, Steven, Stappers, Ben, Strohmayer, Tod, Suleimanov, Valery, Torres, Diego, Watts, Anna, Weinberg, Nevin, Wheatley, Peter, Woods, Tyrone, Woosley, Stan, Zdziarski, Andrzej, in ’t Zand, Jean J. M., Bozzo, Enrico, Qu, JinLu, Li, Xiang-Dong, Amati, Lorenzo, Chen, Yang, Donnarumma, Immacolata, Doroshenko, Victor, Drake, Stephen A., Hernanz, Margarita, Jenke, Peter A., Maccarone, Thomas J., Mahmoodifar, Simin, de Martino, Domitilla, De Rosa, Alessandra, Rossi, Elena M., Rowlinson, Antonia, Sala, Gloria, Stratta, Giulia, Tauris, Thomas M., Wilms, Joern, Wu, XueFeng, Zhou, Ping, Agudo, Iván, Altamirano, Diego, Atteia, Jean-Luc, Andersson, Nils A., Baglio, M. Cristina, Ballantyne, David R., Baykal, Altan, Behar, Ehud, Belloni, Tomaso, Bhattacharyya, Sudip, Bianchi, Stefano, Bilous, Anna, Blay, Pere, Braga, João, Brandt, Søren, Brown, Edward F., Bucciantini, Niccolò, Burderi, Luciano, Cackett, Edward M., Campana, Riccardo, Campana, Sergio, Casella, Piergiorgio, Cavecchi, Yuri, Chambers, Frank, Chen, Liang, Chen, Yu-Peng, Chenevez, Jérôme, Chernyakova, Maria, Jin, ChiChuan, Ciolfi, Riccardo, Costantini, Elisa, Cumming, Andrew, D’Aì, Antonino, Dai, Zi-Gao, D’Ammando, Filippo, De Pasquale, Massimiliano, Degenaar, Nathalie, Del Santo, Melania, D’Elia, Valerio, Di Salvo, Tiziana, Doyle, Gerry, Falanga, Maurizio, Fan, XiLong, Ferdman, Robert D., Feroci, Marco, Fraschetti, Federico, Galloway, Duncan K., Gambino, Angelo F., Gandhi, Poshak, Ge, MingYu, Gendre, Bruce, Gill, Ramandeep, Götz, Diego, Gouiffès, Christian, Grandi, Paola, Granot, Jonathan, Güdel, Manuel, Heger, Alexander, Heinke, Craig O., Homan, Jeroen, Iaria, Rosario, Iwasawa, Kazushi, Izzo, Luca, Ji, Long, Jonker, Peter G., José, Jordi, Kaastra, Jelle S., Kalemci, Emrah, Kargaltsev, Oleg, Kawai, Nobuyuki, Keek, Lauren, Komossa, Stefanie, Kreykenbohm, Ingo, Kuiper, Lucien, Kunneriath, Devaky, Li, Gang, Liang, En-Wei, Linares, Manuel, Longo, Francesco, Lu, FangJun, Lutovinov, Alexander A., Malyshev, Deny, Malzac, Julien, Manousakis, Antonio, McHardy, Ian, Mehdipour, Missagh, Men, YunPeng, Méndez, Mariano, Mignani, Roberto P., Mikusincova, Romana, Miller, M. Coleman, Miniutti, Giovanni, Motch, Christian, Nättilä, Joona, Nardini, Emanuele, Neubert, Torsten, O’Brien, Paul T., Orlandini, Mauro, Osborne, Julian P., Pacciani, Luigi, Paltani, Stéphane, Paolillo, Maurizio, Papadakis, Iossif E., Paul, Biswajit, Pellizzoni, Alberto, Peretz, Uria, Pérez Torres, Miguel A., Perinati, Emanuele, Prescod-Weinstein, Chanda, Reig, Pablo, Riggio, Alessandro, Rodriguez, Jerome, Rodríguez-Gil, Pablo, Romano, Patrizia, Różańska, Agata, Sakamoto, Takanori, Salmi, Tuomo, Salvaterra, Ruben, Sanna, Andrea, Santangelo, Andrea, Savolainen, Tuoma, Schanne, Stéphane, Schatz, Hendrik, Shao, LiJing, Shearer, Andy, Shore, Steven N., Stappers, Ben W., Strohmayer, Tod E., Suleimanov, Valery F., Svoboda, Jirí, Thielemann, F.-K., Tombesi, Francesco, Torres, Diego F., Torresi, Eleonora, Turriziani, Sara, Vacchi, Andrea, Vercellone, Stefano, Vink, Jacco, Wang, Jian-Min, Wang, JunFeng, Watts, Anna L., Weng, ShanShan, Weinberg, Nevin N., Wheatley, Peter J., Wijnands, Rudy, Woods, Tyrone E., Woosley, Stan E., Xiong, ShaoLin, Xu, YuPeng, Yan, Zhen, Younes, George, Yu, WenFei, Yuan, Feng, Zampieri, Luca, Zane, Silvia, Zdziarski, Andrzej A., Zhang, Shuang-Nan, Zhang, Shu, Zhang, Shuo, Zhang, Xiao, Zingale, Michael, Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - 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Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg (ObAS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), eXTP, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), Centre de Recherche en Information Biomédicale sino-français (CRIBS), Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Southeast University [Jiangsu]-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation [Canberra] (CSIRO), ASI Science Data Center (ASDC), Italian Space Agency, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (OAB), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Laboratoire d'Anthropobiologie (LA), École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (OAA), SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON), Istituto di Radioastronomia [Bologna] (IRA), KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC), King Abdullah University of Sciences & Technologie, IASF, Area di Ricerca di Tor Vergata, Laboratoire Univers et Théories (LUTH (UMR_8102)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), School of Physics and Astronomy [Southampton], University of Southampton, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Institut für Astrophysik [Wien], Universität Wien, Sabanci University [Istanbul], The George Washington University (GW), Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology [Tokyo] (TITECH), Deakin University [Burwood], Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences (CAMK), Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), University of New Hampshire (UNH), Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering [Trondheim] (MTP NTNU), Norwegian University of Science and Technology [Trondheim] (NTNU), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)-Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Ethoikos, Radicondoli, Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester [Manchester], Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek (AI PANNEKOEK), University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (UvA), Sichuan University [Chengdu] (SCU), University of Warwick [Coventry], U.S. Department of Energy [Washington] (DOE), University College of London [London] (UCL), Medical School (University of Nanjing), Nanjing University (NJU), Beijing Municipal Climate Center, Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIFR), Laboratorio de Investigación y Formación en Informática Avanzada [La Plata] (LIFIA), Facultad de Informática [La Plata], Universidad Nacional de la Plata [Argentine] (UNLP)-Universidad Nacional de la Plata [Argentine] (UNLP), NLD, Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Instituto de Ciencias del Cosmos (ICCUB), MDM-2014-0369, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), European Research Council (ERC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI), Royal Society, Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Science Centre, Poland (NCN), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Royal Society (UK), European Research Council, European Commission, National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Basic Research Program (China), National Science Foundation (US), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Polish Academy of Sciences, Astronomy, Discrete Technology and Production Automation, in't Zand, Jean J. M., Qu, Jinlu, Tauris, Thomas M., Wilm, Joern, Wu, Xuefeng, Jin, Chichuan, D'Aì, Antonino, D'Ammando, Filippo, D'Elia, Valerio, Fan, Xilong, Ge, Mingyu, Lu, Fangjun, Mchardy, Ian, Men, Yunpeng, O'Brien, Paul T., Shao, Lijing, Svoboda, Jir̆í, Thielemann, F. -K., Wang, Junfeng, Weng, Shanshan, Xiong, Shaolin, Xu, Yupeng, Yu, Wenfei, Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GAA - Grup d'Astronomia i Astrofísica, Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse UMR5219 (IMT), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Toulouse 1 Capitole (UT1)-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Istituto di Radioastronomia (IRA), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), George Washington University (GW), Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering [Trondheim], Sichuan University, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Météo France-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Météo France-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, University of Geneva, CAS - Institute of High Energy Physics, Nanjing University, INAF/IASF Bologna, National Institute for Astrophysics, University of Tübingen, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, ICREA, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Texas Tech University, Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Leiden University, University of Amsterdam, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, University of Urbino, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, CAS - Purple Mountain Observatory, CSIC, IRAP, New York University Abu Dhabi, Georgia Institute of Technology, Middle East Technical University, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Roma Tre University, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Michigan State University, Osservatorio Astrofisico Di Arcetri, Florence, University of Cagliari, Wayne State University, Osservatorio Astronomico Roma, CAS - Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Aalto-yliopisto, and Aalto University

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cataclysmic binaries, Astronomy, FIELD CAMERAS OBSERVATIONS, space research instruments nuclear astrophysics flare stars accretion and accretion disks mass loss and stellar winds cataclysmic binaries X-ray binaries supernova remnants active galactic nuclei X-ray bursts gamma-ray bursts gravitational waves, General Physics and Astronomy, gamma-ray burst, space research instrument, 01 natural sciences, Gamma ray bursts, Observatory, Accretion and accretion disks, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, gravitational wave, accretion and accretion disk, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), supernova remnants, [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], flare stars, gamma-ray bursts, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, accretion and accretion disks, active galactic nuclei, gravitational waves, mass loss and stellar winds, nuclear astrophysics, space research instruments, X-ray binaries, X-ray bursts, Physics and Astronomy (all), Space research instruments, X ray burst, Supernova, QUIET, High mass, X-ray binarie, Mass loss and stellar winds, Nuclear astrophysics, Gamma-ray bursts, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, PULSAR-WIND NEBULAE, FAST RADIO-BURSTS, Astrofísica nuclear, Active galactic nucleus, TIDAL DISRUPTION, Supernova remnants, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Polarimetry, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, ACCRETING NEUTRON-STARS, Gravitational waves, cataclysmic binarie, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, SUPERMASSIVE BLACK-HOLES, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, X-ray burst, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Cataclysmic binaries, Active galactic nuclei, flare star, White dwarf, Flare stars, Stars, supernova remnant, QB460-466 Astrophysics, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], mass loss and stellar wind, Física::Astronomia i astrofísica [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], X-RAY, Supernova remmants, X ray binaries, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], SEYFERT 1 GALAXY, nuclear astrophysic
Abstract

Disponible preprint en: arXiv:1812.04023v1 [astro-ph.HE] [v1] Mon, 10 Dec 2018 19:00:52 UTC (4,376 KB), In this White Paper we present the potential of the enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry (eXTP) mission for studies related to Observatory Science targets. These include flaring stars, supernova remnants, accreting white dwarfs, low and high mass X-ray binaries, radio quiet and radio loud active galactic nuclei, tidal disruption events, and gamma-ray bursts. eXTP will be excellently suited to study one common aspect of these objects: their often transient nature. Developed by an international Consortium led by the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Science, the eXTP mission is expected to be launched in the mid 2020s.© 2018, Science China Press and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature., This work was supported by the Royal Society, ERC Starting (Grant No. 639217), the European Union Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Global Fellowship (Grant No. 703916), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11233001, 11773014, 11633007, 11403074, 11333005, 11503008, and 11590781), the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2015CB857100), NASA (Grant No. NNX13AD28A), an ARC Future Fellowship (Grant No. FT120100363), the National Science Foundation (Grant No. PHY-1430152), the Spanish MINECO (Grant No. AYA2016-76012-C3-1-P), the ICCUB (Unidad de Excelencia 'Maria de Maeztu') (Grant No. MDM-2014-0369), EU's Horizon Programme through a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship (Grant No. 702638), the Polish National Science Center (Grant Nos. 2015/17/B/ST9/03422, 2015/18/M/ST9/00541, 2013/10/M/ST9/00729, and 2015/18/A/ST9/00746), the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDA15020100), and the NWO Veni Fellowship (Grant No. 639.041.647).

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2019
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6. Improved background suppression for radiative capture reactions at LUNA with HPGe and BGO detectors

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F. Ferraro, Zs. Fülöp, P. Corvisiero, Michael Wiescher, A. Formicola, A. Di Leva, Gianluca Imbriani, Oscar Straniero, I. Kochanek, L. Schiavulli, G. Gervino, Marialuisa Aliotta, C. Broggini, R. Perrino, K. Stöckel, A. Guglielmetti, László Csedreki, M. P. Takács, Z. Elekes, A. Best, A. Boeltzig, Frank Strieder, Sandra Zavatarelli, F. Cavanna, Antonio Caciolli, M. Junker, C. Gustavino, György Gyürky, F. R. Pantaleo, Davide Trezzi, D. Piatti, C. G. Bruno, Tamás Szücs, Richard deBoer, D. Bemmerer, V. Paticchio, V. Mossa, G. F. Ciani, Roberto Menegazzo, Raffaele Buompane, Thomas Davinson, T. Chillery, E. M. Fiore, Paolo Prati, R. Depalo, Boeltzig, A., Best, A., Imbriani, G., Junker, M., Aliotta, M., Bemmerer, D., Broggini, C., Bruno, C. G., Buompane, R., Caciolli, A., Cavanna, F., Chillery, T., Ciani, G. F., Corvisiero, P., Csedreki, L., Davinson, T., Deboer, R. J., Depalo, R., Leva, A Di, Elekes, Z., Ferraro, F., Fiore, E. M., Formicola, A., Fülöp, Z., Gervino, G., Guglielmetti, A., Gustavino, C., Gyürky, G., Kochanek, I., Menegazzo, R., Mossa, V., Pantaleo, F. R., Paticchio, V., Perrino, R., Piatti, D., Prati, P., Schiavulli, L., Stöckel, K., Straniero, O., Strieder, F., Szücs, T., Takács, M. P., Trezzi, D., Wiescher, M., Zavatarelli, S., Leva, A. D., Fulop, Z., Gyurky, G., Stockel, K., Szucs, T., and Takacs, M. P.

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, shielding, BGO, Radiative capture, Detector, nuclear astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, background reduction, gamma ray spectroscopy, Semiconductor detector, Nuclear physics, HPGe, summing detector, gamma ray spectroscopy, nuclear astrophysics, background reduction, shielding, HPGe, BGO, summing detector, 0103 physical sciences, Electromagnetic shielding, Background suppression, Nuclear astrophysics, Gamma spectroscopy, 010306 general physics, nuclear astrophysic
Abstract

Direct measurements of small nuclear reaction cross sections require a low background in the signal region of interest to achieve the necessary sensitivity. We describe two complementary detector setups that have been used for studies of $({\rm{p}},\gamma )$ reactions with solid targets at the Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics (LUNA): a high-purity germanium detector and a bismuth germanate (BGO) detector. We present the effect of a customised lead shielding on the measured background spectra in the two detector setups at LUNA. We developed a model to describe the contributions of environmental and intrinsic backgrounds in the BGO detector measurements. Furthermore we present an upgrade of the data acquisition system for our BGO detector, which allows us to exploit the features of the segmented detector and overcome some of the limitations encountered in previous experiments. We conclude with a discussion on the improved sensitivity of the presented setups, and the benefits for ongoing and possible future measurements.

Published
2018

7. The e-ASTROGAM mission: Exploring the extreme Universe with gamma rays in the MeV – GeV range

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Barbara Patricelli, V. Bonvicini, Riccardo Rando, Sandro Mereghetti, Andrea Vacchi, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Claudio Labanti, Jordi Isern, M. Hayashida, Josep M. Paredes, J. Eric Grove, C. Hamadache, Andreas Zoglauer, Olivier Limousin, Julie McEnery, Andrei M. Bykov, G. Ambrosi, D. de Martino, Francesco Longo, Irfan Kuvvetli, Alexander Moiseev, Xin Wu, Fabrizio Tavecchio, I. Donnarumma, M. I. Martínez, Marco Tavani, J. Peyré, Elisa Bernardini, A. Argan, Roland Walter, J. Kiener, Piotr Orleanski, Mark Pearce, Ignasi Reichardt, A. Morselli, Andrzej A. Zdziarski, Martino Marisaldi, Vincent Tatischeff, Andrea Bulgarelli, Marica Branchesi, Uwe Oberlack, Rui Curado da Silva, Dieter H. Hartmann, Lorraine Hanlon, Philippe Laurent, Marco Ajello, D. Bernard, Valentina Fioretti, Martin Pohl, Alessio Aboudan, Gottfried Kanbach, Alessandro De Angelis, Gabriele Ghisellini, Stefan Funk, Peter von Ballmoos, Michele Doro, M. N. Mazziotta, Marco Roncadelli, Harald Ramarijaona, Roland Diehl, Margarita Hernanz, Alexei Ulyanov, G. Minervini, G. Piano, Riccardo Campana, Carl Budtz-Jørgensen, D. J. Thompson, M. Cardillo, Paolo De Coppi, Karl Mannheim, Roberto Turolla, Jürgen Knödlseder, Isabelle Grenier, A. Brogna, De Angelis, A., Tatischeff, V., Tavani, M., Oberlack, U., Grenier, I., Hanlon, L., Walter, R., Argan, A., von Ballmoos, P., Bulgarelli, A., Donnarumma, I., Hernanz, M., Kuvvetli, I., Pearce, M., Zdziarski, A., Aboudan, A., Ajello, M., Ambrosi, G., Bernard, D., Bernardini, E., Bonvicini, V., Brogna, A., Branchesi, M., Budtz-Jorgensen, C., Bykov, A., Campana, R., Cardillo, M., Coppi, P., De Martino, D., Diehl, R., Doro, M., Fioretti, V., Funk, S., Ghisellini, G., Grove, E., Hamadache, C., Hartmann, D. H., Hayashida, M., Isern, J., Kanbach, G., Kiener, J., Knödlseder, J., Labanti, C., Laurent, P., Limousin, O., Longo, F., Mannheim, K., Marisaldi, M., Martinez, M., Mazziotta, M. N., Mcenery, J., Mereghetti, S., Minervini, G., Moiseev, A., Morselli, A., Nakazawa, K., Orleanski, P., Paredes, J. M., Patricelli, B., Peyré, J., Piano, G., Pohl, M., Ramarijaona, H., Rando, R., Reichardt, I., Roncadelli, M., Silva, R., Tavecchio, F., Thompson, D. J., Turolla, R., Ulyanov, A., Vacchi, A., Wu, X., Zoglauer, A., and ITA

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Counterparts of gravitational wave, Multiwavelength Observations of the Universe, 01 natural sciences, Early Universe, Observatory, Jets, Nuclear Astrophysics, Nuclear astrophysics, Dark Matter, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Astrophysic, Nuclear Experiment, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, media_common, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Counterparts of gravitational waves, Gamma-Ray Burst, Cosmic Rays, Compton and Pair Creation Telescope, Supernovae, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, High-Energy Astrophysics, Active Galactic Nuclei, Cosmic Antimatter, Fermi, Gamma-Ray Bursts, High-Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy, Nucleosynthesis, Outflows, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Active galactic nucleus, media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Dark matter, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Cosmic Ray, High-Energy Astrophysic, 0103 physical sciences, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Nucleosynthesi, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Astronomy, Outflow, Astronomy and Astrophysic, Universe, Galaxy, Jet, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract

e-ASTROGAM (`enhanced ASTROGAM') is a breakthrough Observatory mission dedicated to the study of the non-thermal Universe in the photon energy range from 0.3 MeV to 3 GeV. The mission is based on an advanced space-proven detector technology, with unprecedented sensitivity, angular and energy resolution, combined with polarimetric capability. In the largely unexplored MeV-GeV domain, e-ASTROGAM will open a new window on the non-thermal Universe, making pioneering observations of the most powerful Galactic and extragalactic sources, elucidating the nature of their relativistic outflows and their effects on Galactic ecosystems. With a line sensitivity in the MeV energy range one to two orders of magnitude better than previous generation instruments, will determine the origin of key isotopes fundamental for the understanding of supernova explosion and the chemical evolution of our Galaxy. The mission will provide unique data of significant interest to a broad astronomical community, complementary to powerful observatories such as LIGO-Virgo-GEO600-KAGRA, SKA, ALMA, E-ELT, TMT, LSST, JWST, Athena, CTA, IceCube, KM3NeT, and the promise of eLISA. Keywords: High-energy gamma-ray astronomy, High-energy astrophysics, Nuclear Astrophysics, Compton and Pair creation telescope, Gamma-ray bursts, Active Galactic Nuclei, Jets, Outflows, Multiwavelength observations of the Universe, Counterparts of gravitational waves, Fermi, Dark Matter, Nucleosynthesis, Early Universe, Supernovae, Cosmic Rays, Cosmic antimatter., Comment: Exp Astron (2017)

Published
2017

8. Cross-section measurements at astrophysically relevant energies: The LUNA experiment

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C. G. Bruno, Gianluca Imbriani, Davide Trezzi, C. Gustavino, Carlo Broggini, Gy. Gyürky, G. Gervino, Daniel Bemmerer, A. Di Leva, M. Junker, Tamás Szücs, Paolo Prati, R. Menegazzo, Antonio Caciolli, E. Somorjai, A. Formicola, M. Anders, F. Cavanna, Z. Elekes, Douglas Scott, P. Corvisiero, Rosanna Depalo, Frank Strieder, Oscar Straniero, Marialuisa Aliotta, Zs. Fülöp, A. Guglielmetti, A., Formicola, C. G., Bruno, A., Caciolli, F., Cavanna, R., Depalo, DI LEVA, Antonino, D. A., Scott, D., Trezzi, M., Aliotta, M., Ander, D., Bemmerer, C., Broggini, P., Corvisiero, Z., Eleke, F?l?p, Z. s., G., Gervino, A., Guglielmetti, C., Gustavino, Gy?rky, G. y., Imbriani, Gianluca, M., Junker, R., Menegazzo, P., Prati, E., Somorjai, O., Straniero, F., Strieder, and T., Sz?cs

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics, S-factor, Underground accelerator, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Measure (physics), Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Luminosity, Nuclear physics, Nucleosynthesis, Nuclear astrophysics, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, underground measurements, Nuclear Astrophysic, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Experimental Nuclear Physic, Physics, COSMIC cancer database, Solar fusion, LUNA, Stars, Neutrino, Big Bang nucleosynthesis, Direct cross-section
Abstract

Accurate knowledge of thermonuclear reaction rates is important in understanding the generation of energy, the luminosity of neutrinos, and the synthesis of elements in stars. Cross-section measurements for quiescent stellar H-burning are mainly hampered by extremely low counting rate and cosmic background. The LUNA Collaboration has shown that, by going underground and by using the typical techniques of low background physics, it is possible to measure nuclear cross-sections down to the energy of the nucleosynthesis inside stars. This paper reports an overview of the experimental techniques adopted in underground nuclear astrophysics through a summary of the main recent results and achievements. The future developments of the LUNA experiment are also given. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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2014
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9. A new study of the 14N(p,γ)15O reaction at low energy

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Gianluca Imbriani, A. Formicola, H. Costantini, A., Formicola, H., Costantini, and Imbriani, Gianluca

Subjects
Experimental Nuclear Physic, Physics, Nuclear reaction, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Measure (physics), Coulomb barrier, Electron, underground laboratory, Charged particle, Cosmology, Nuclear physics, Cross section (physics), Nuclear astrophysics, Nuclear Astrophysic, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Precise knowledge of nuclear cross sections at stellar energies is of importance for cosmology as well as for nuclear astrophysics. Measuring these cross sections at the relevant energies is quite challenging not only for the extremely low cross sections involved but also because a lot of parameters like stopping powers and electron screening are not well known at low energies. The LUNA collaboration has installed a second high current accelerator of 400kV at the underground laboratory of Gran Sasso. It is dedicated to measure the cross section of charged particle induced nuclear reactions of astrophysical interest at energies far below the respective Coulomb barrier and possibly close or within the associated Gamow energy.

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2003
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10. The25Mg(p, γ)26Al reaction at low astrophysical energies

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A. Best, M. Junker, Antonio Caciolli, E. Somorjai, C. Rolfs, A. Lemut, Z. Elekes, P. Corvisiero, C. Gustavino, Oscar Straniero, Frank Strieder, Gianluca Imbriani, Michele Marta, Filippo Terrasi, A. Formicola, C. Rossi Alvarez, Daniel Bemmerer, H. P. Trautvetter, Vincenzo Roca, A. DiLeva, Paolo Prati, Zsolt Fülöp, B. Limata, Roberto Menegazzo, Gyuri Gyürky, G. Gervino, A. Guglielmetti, H. Costantini, Carlo Broggini, C. Mazzocchi, F., Strieder, Limata, BENEDICTA NORMANNA, A., Formicola, Imbriani, Gianluca, M., Junker, D., Bemmerer, Best, Andrea, C., Broggini, A., Caciolli, P., Corvisiero, H., Costantini, DI LEVA, Antonino, Z., Eleke, Fülöp, Z. s., G., Gervino, A., Guglielmetti, C., Gustavino, Gyürky, G. y., A., Lemut, M., Marta, C., Mazzocchi, R., Menegazzo, P., Prati, Roca, Vincenzo, C., Rolf, C., Rossi Alvarez, E., Somorjai, O., Straniero, F., Terrasi, and H. P., Trautvetter

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Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Nuclear astrophysic, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Resolution (electron density), Resonance, Mg-Al cycle, Nuclear astrophysics, Proton-capture reaction, Reaction rate, Resonance strength, Crystal, Nuclear physics, Underground laboratory, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Atomic physics, Hpge detector, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

In the present work we report on a new measurement of resonance strengths in the reaction 25Mg(p,gamma)26Al at E_cm= 92 and 189 keV. This study was performed at the LUNA facility in the Gran Sasso underground laboratory using a 4pi BGO summing crystal. For the first time the 92 keV resonance was directly observed and a resonance strength omega-gamma=(2.9+/-0.6)x10E-10 eV was determined. Additionally, the gamma-ray branchings and strength of the 189 keV resonance were studied with a high resolution HPGe detector yielding an omega-gamma value in agreement with the BGO measurement, but 20% larger compared to previous works.

Published
2012

11. An actively vetoed Clover γ-detector for nuclear astrophysicsat LUNA

Author

Luna, Collaboration, Szucs, T., Bemmerer, D., Broggini, C., Caciolli, A., Confortola, F., Corvisiero, P., Elekes, Z., Formicola, A., Fulop, Zs, Gervino, G., Guglielmetti, A., Gustavino, C., Gyurky, Gy, Imbriani, G., Junker, M., Lemut, A., Marta, M., Mazzocchi, C., Menegazzo, R., Prati, P., Roca, V., Rolfs, C., Rossi Alvarez, C., Somorjai, E., Oscar Straniero, Strieder, F., Terrasi, F., Trautvetter, H. P., T., Szuc, D., Bemmerer, C., Broggini, A., Caciolli, F., Confortola, P., Corvisiero, Z., Eleke, A., Formicola, F¨ul¨op, Z. s., G., Gervino, A., Guglielmetti, C., Gustavino, Gy¨urky, G. y., Imbriani, Gianluca, M., Junker, A., Lemut, M., Marta, C., Mazzocchi, R., Menegazzo, P., Prati, Roca, Vincenzo, C., Rolf, C., Rossi Alvarez, E., Somorjai, O., Straniero, F., Strieder, F., Terrasi, and H. P., Trautvetter

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Clover type HP Germaniun detector, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Underground Laboratories, Semiconductor detector, Nuclear physics, Nuclear astrophysics, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment, Nuclear Astrophysic
Abstract

An escape-suppressed, composite high-purity germanium detector of the Clover type has been installed at the Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics (LUNA) facility, deep underground in the Gran Sasso Laboratory, Italy. The laboratory gamma-ray background of the Clover detector has been studied underground at LUNA and, for comparison, also in an overground laboratory. Spectra have been recorded both for the single segments and for the virtual detector formed by online addition of all four segments. The effect of the escape-suppression shield has been studied as well. Despite their generally higher intrinsic background, escape-suppressed detectors are found to be well suited for underground nuclear astrophysics studies. As an example for the advantage of using a composite detector deep underground, the weak ground state branching of the Ep = 223 keV resonance in the 24Mg(p,gamma)25Al reaction is determined with improved precision., 8 pages, 6 figures, 3 tables; as accepted by Eur. Phys. J. A

Published
2010

12. Feasibility of low energy radiative capture experiments at the LUNA underground accelerator facility

Author

Gianluca Imbriani, Mario R. Romano, Daniel Bemmerer, Matthias Junker, Gy. Gyürky, Roberto Menegazzo, F. Confortola, A. P. Jesus, C. Rossi Alvarez, E. Somorjai, Oscar Straniero, C. Gustavino, C. Rolfs, H. P. Trautvetter, Filippo Terrasi, P. Corvisiero, João Cruz, F. Schümann, A. Guglielmetti, Paolo Prati, A. Lemut, G. Gervino, Detlef Rogalla, A. Formicola, B. Limata, Zs. Fülöp, R. Bonetti, Alberto Vomiero, H. Costantini, C. Broggini, Vincenzo Roca, F. Strieder, D., Bemmerer, F., Confortola, A., Lemut, R., Bonetti, C., Broggini, P., Corvisiero, H., Costantini, J., Cruz, A., Formicola, Flp, Z. S., G., Gervino, A., Guglielmetti, C., Gustavino, Gyrky, G. Y., G., Imbriani, A. P., Jesu, M., Junker, B., Limata, R., Menegazzo, P., Prati, V., Roca, D., Rogalla, C., Rolf, M., Romano, C., ROSSI ALVAREZ, F., Schmann, E., Somorjai, O., Straniero, F., Strieder, Terrasi, Filippo, H. P., Trautvetter, A., Vomiero, Fülöp, Z. s., Gyürky, G. y., Imbriani, Gianluca, Roca, Vincenzo, Romano, Mario, C., Rossi Alvarez, F., Schümann, F., Terrasi, Fulop, Z. S., Gyurky, G. Y., F., Schumann, and AND A., Vomiero

Subjects
Nuclear reaction, Physics, Experimental Nuclear Physic, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Proton, Gamma ray, chemistry.chemical_element, FOS: Physical sciences, Germanium, Bismuth germanate, underground laboratory, Nuclear physics, symbols.namesake, chemistry.chemical_compound, chemistry, symbols, Nuclear astrophysics, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Astrophysic, Doppler effect, Nuclear Experiment, Beam (structure)
Abstract

The LUNA (Laboratory Underground for Nuclear Astrophysics) facility has been designed to study nuclear reactions of astrophysical interest. It is located deep underground in the Gran Sasso National Laboratory, Italy. Two electrostatic accelerators, with 50 and 400 kV maximum voltage, in combination with solid and gas target setups allowed to measure the total cross sections of the radiative capture reactions $^2$H(p,$\gamma$)3He and $^{14}$N(p,$\gamma$)$^{15}$O within their relevant Gamow peaks. We report on the gamma background in the Gran Sasso laboratory measured by germanium and bismuth germanate detectors, with and without an incident proton beam. A method to localize the sources of beam induced background using the Doppler shift of emitted gamma rays is presented. The feasibility of radiative capture studies at energies of astrophysical interest is discussed for several experimental scenarios., Comment: Submitted to Eur. Phys. J. A

Published
2005

13. The LUNA II accelerator

Author

C. Gustavino, Gianluca Imbriani, D. Schürmann, A. Formicola, R. Bonetti, G. Gervino, C. Casella, H. Costantini, Sandra Zavatarelli, Vincenzo Roca, Paolo Prati, Filippo Terrasi, F. Strieder, C. Rolfs, P. Corvisiero, Carlo Broggini, Daniel Bemmerer, H. P. Trautvetter, M. Junker, Mario R. Romano, A. Lemut, A., Formicola, Imbriani, Gianluca, M., Junker, D., Bemmerer, R., Bonetti, C., Broggini, C., Casella, P., Corvisiero, H., Costantini, G., Gervino, C., Gustavino, A., Lemut, P., Prati, Roca, Vincenzo, C., Rolf, Romano, Mario, D., Schürmann, F., Strieder, F., Terrasi, H. P., Trautvetter, and S., Zavatarelli

Subjects
Nuclear reaction, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Proton, Carbon-12, Resonance, Isotopes of sodium, Nuclear physics, Nuclear astrophysics, Nuclear Reactions, Atomic physics, Experimental nuclear physic, Experimental Nuclear Astrophysic, Instrumentation, Isotopes of magnesium, Beam (structure)
Abstract

A second high current accelerator of 400 kV has been installed at the underground laboratory of Gran Sasso, called LUNA II. We describe this new facility as well as measurements of the proton beam characteristics: absolute energy, energy spread, and long-term energy stability. The absolute energy was determined to a precision of +/-300 eV at E-p = 130-400 keV using the energy of the capture gamma-ray transition of C-12(p,gamma)N-13 as well as resonance energies at E-p = 309-389 keV of Na-23(p, gamma)Mg-24, Mg-26(p, gamma)Al-27, and Mg-25(p, gamma)Al-26. The resonance studies led to a proton energy spread of better than 100 eV and a long-term energy stability of 5 eV per hour.

Published
2003

14. The D(He-3, p)He-4 fusion reaction: electron screening effect and astrophysical S(E) factor at low energies

Author

C. Rolfs, R. Bonetti, F. Strieder, Antonio D'Onofrio, P. G. Prada Moroni, Gianluca Imbriani, F. Schümann, Sandra Zavatarelli, A. Ordine, H. Costantini, M. Junker, G. Gervino, Filippo Terrasi, Mario R. Romano, Detlef Rogalla, H. P. Trautvetter, L. Campajola, Vincenzo Roca, C. Gustavino, Paolo Prati, P. Corvisiero, A. Formicola, Lucio Gialanella, Carlo Broggini, A. Guglielmetti, S., Zavatarelli, P., Corvisiero, H., Costantini, P. G., Prada Moroni, P., Prati, R., Bonetti, A., Guglielmetti, C., Broggini, L., Campajola, A., Formicola, L., Gialanella, Imbriani, Gianluca, A., Ordine, Roca, Vincenzo, Romano, Mario, A., D'Onofrio, F., Terrasi, G., Gervino, C., Gustavino, M., Junker, D., Rogalla, C., Rolf, F., Schumann, F., Strieder, and H. P., Trautvetter

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Physics, Experimental Nuclear Physic, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Screening effect, Nuclear Astrophysics, Nuclear fusion, Electron, Atomic physics, E factor, Nuclear Astrophysic, underground laboratory
Abstract

The D(He-3,p)He-4 cross section has been measured at E = 4.2 to 13.8 keV using the LUNA accelerator facility installed in the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS). The experimental setup and the interpretation of results in terms of electron screening potential are described. In the same experiment an estimate of the observed stopping power of the He-3 ions in D-2 target has been obtained and it turned out to be in good agreement with the standard compilation.

Published
2001

15. LUNA: a laboratory for underground nuclear astrophysics

Author

F. Strieder, A. Formicola, Gianluca Imbriani, H. Costantini, M. Junker, C. Rolfs, Costantini, H., Formicola, A., Imbriani, Gianluca, Junker, M., Rolfs, C., and Strieder, F.

Subjects
Experimental Nuclear Physic, Physics, Luminosity (scattering theory), FOS: Physical sciences, General Physics and Astronomy, Astronomy, Nucleosynthesis, Nuclear astrophysics, Nuclear fusion, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Neutrino, Nuclear Astrophysic, Stellar Evolution, Nuclear Experiment, Stellar evolution
Abstract

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., Invited Review; accepted for publication in Reports on Progress in Physics; 26 pages; 27 figures

Published
2009
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