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Classical novae are important contributors to the abundances of key isotopes, such as the radioactive 18F, whose observation by satellite missions could provide constraints on nucleosynthesis models in novae. The 17O(p,gamma)18F reaction plays a critical role in the synthesis of both oxygen and fluorine isotopes but its reaction rate is not...

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...