Neutron-induced nucleosynthesis
Author
Oberhummer, H.
Herndl, H.
Rauscher, T.
Beer, H.
Attention
2299/10799
Abstract
Neutron-induced nucleosynthesis plays an important role in astrophysical scenarios like in primordial nucleosynthesis in the early universe, in the s-process occurring in Red Giants, and in the cu-rich freeze-out and r-process taking place in supernovae of type II. A review of the three important aspects of neutron-induced nucleosynthesis is given: astrophysical background, experimental methods and theoretical models for determining reaction cross sections and reaction rates at thermonuclear energies. Three specific examples of neutron capture at thermal and thermonuclear energies are discussed in some detail.
Publication date
1996-11Published in
Surveys in GeophysicsPublished version
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01931785Other links
http://hdl.handle.net/2299/10799Metadata
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