Nuclear astrophysics projects at the low-energy RI beam separator CRIB.

Studies on nuclear reactions relevant for astrophysics have been performed using the radioactive-isotope (RI) beams at the low-energy RI beam separator CRIB, operated by Center for Nuclear Study (CNS), the University of Tokyo. A type of measurement to study astrophysical reactions at CRIB is by the elastic resonant scattering with the thick-target method in inverse kinematics. We introduce the α resonant scattering with ⁷Be beam, related to the astrophysical ⁷Be(α, γ) reactions, which is relevant in the hot p-p chain and νp-process in supernovae. Other α resonant scattering measurements with ³⁰S, ¹⁰Be, ¹⁵O, and ¹⁸Ne beams have been performed at CRIB, using the thick-target method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]