Nuclear Astrophysics, Nuclear Physics, and Fundamental Particles

这项拨款支持核天体物理学的研究， 核物理学 核天体物理学的工作包括研究 涉及放射性核素的核反应。 一些 这些反应对原始的 核合成，因为它们决定了制造 比碳重的核素。 其他影响 热CNO循环，因为它们描述了 恒星燃烧过程产生能量或合成 比氧重的核素。 核物理部分 包括寻找一种新型的反应机制 涉及类似核之间的共振π介子转移. 库仑势垒附近的能量。 无论是核物理学 核天体物理学研究利用实验 圣母大学和利弗莫尔国家大学的设施 实验室，允许研究放射性物质的反应 感兴趣的核的双散射技术。

This grant supports research in nuclear astrophysics and nuclear physics. The nuclear astrophysics work involves study of nuclear reactions involving radioactive nuclides. Some of these reactions are of importance to primordial nucleosynthesis, as they determine the possibility of making nuclides heavier than carbon in the big bang. Others impact the Hot CNO cycle, in that they describe the ability of that stellar burning process to generate energy or synthesize nuclides heavier than oxygen. The nuclear physics component involves a search for a new type of reaction mechanism involving resonant pion transfer between analog nuclei at energies near the coulomb barrier. Both the nuclear physics and the nuclear astrophysics studies utilize experimental facilities at Notre Dame University and at Livermore National Laboratory which allow studies of reactions on the radioactive nuclei of interest by a double scattering technique.