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When deriving resonance strengths using the thick-target yield approximation, for very narrow resonances it may be necessary to take beam energy straggling into account. This applies to gas targets of a few keV width, especially if there is some additional structure in target stoichiometry or detection efficiency. The correction for this effect...

The production of the stable isotope 6Li in standard Big Bang nucleosynthesis has recently attracted much interest. Recent observations in metal-poor stars suggest that a cosmological 6Li plateau may exist. If true, this plateau would come in addition to the well-known Spite plateau of 7Li abundances and would point to a predominantly...

We report on measurements of resonance strengths and energies for the Ep = 151 and 193 keV resonances in the 18O(p,gamma)15N and 17O(p,gamma)14N reactions, respectively, obtained during commissioning of a new setup for alpha-particle detection studies at the LUNA underground laboratory. Our values, omegagamma(151) = 164.2 ± 0.9 stat+12.1−11.7...

The experimental study of nuclear reactions of astrophysical interest is greatly facilitated by a low-background, high-luminosity setup. The Laboratory for Underground Nuclear Astrophysics (LUNA) 400 kV accelerator offers ultra-low cosmic-ray induced background due to its location deep underground in the Gran Sasso National Laboratory...

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 17Oðp; Þ18F reaction plays a critical role in the synthesis of both oxygen and fluorine isotopes, but its reaction rate is not well...