Search Results - "Lugaro, M"
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The baryon density of the Universe from an improved rate of deuterium burning
Published in Nature (London) (12-11-2020)“…Light elements were produced in the first few minutes of the Universe through a sequence of nuclear reactions known as Big Bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) 1 , 2 …”
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Aluminium-26 from Massive Binary Stars. I. Nonrotating Models
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-10-2019)“…Abstract Aluminium-26 is a short-lived radionuclide with a half-life of 0.72 Myr, which is observed today in the Galaxy via γ -ray spectroscopy and is inferred…”
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Heavy elements in barium stars
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-10-2021)“…ABSTRACT New elemental abundances for the neutron-capture elements Sr, Nb, Mo, Ru, La, Sm, and Eu are presented for a large sample of 180 barium (Ba) giant…”
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High-resolution spectroscopic analysis of four new chemically peculiar stars
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-02-2023)“…ABSTRACT We present detailed chemical compositions of four stars on the first-ascent red giant branch that are classified as chemically peculiar, but lack…”
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Tungsten in barium stars
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-03-2024)“…ABSTRACT Classical barium stars are red giants that receive from their evolved binary companions material exposed to the slow neutron-capture nucleosynthesis,…”
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Rubidium in Barium stars
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-03-2021)“…ABSTRACT Barium (Ba) stars are chemically peculiar stars that display in their atmospheres signatures of the slow neutron-capture (s-process) mechanism that…”
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26Aluminum from Massive Binary Stars. II. Rotating Single Stars Up to Core Collapse and Their Impact on the Early Solar System
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-12-2021)“…Radioactive nuclei were present in the early solar system (ESS), as inferred from analysis of meteorites. Many are produced in massive stars, either during…”
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Thermonuclear 19F(p, α)16O Reaction Rate Revised and Astrophysical Implications
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-05-2021)“…We have calculated the thermonuclear 19F(p, α γ )16O reaction rate in a wide temperature region of 0.001–10 GK by re-evaluating the available experimental…”
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C/O ratios in planetary nebulae with dual-dust chemistry from faint optical recombination lines
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-02-2018)“…AbstractWe present deep high-resolution (R ∼ 15 000) and high-quality UVES optical spectrophotometry of nine planetary nebulae with dual-dust chemistry. We…”
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The 59Fe (n,γ) 60Fe Cross Section from the Surrogate Ratio Method and Its Effect on the 60Fe Nucleosynthesis
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-10-2021)“…The long-lived 60Fe (with a half-life of 2.62 Myr) is a crucial diagnostic of active nucleosynthesis in the Milky Way galaxy and in supernovae near the solar…”
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Galactic chemical evolution with the short-lived isotopes 53Mn, 60Fe, 182Hf, and 244Pu
Published in EPJ Web of Conferences (01-01-2024)“…We run a three-dimensional Galactic chemical evolution (GCE) model to follow the propagation of 53Mn from supernovae of type Ia (SNIa), 60Fe from core-collapse…”
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Rb-Rich Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars in the Magellanic Clouds
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-11-2009)“…We present high-resolution (R approx 60,000) optical spectra of a carefully selected sample of heavily obscured and presumably massive O-rich asymptotic giant…”
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On the internal pollution mechanisms in the globular cluster NGC 6121 (M4): heavy-element abundances and AGB models
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (21-07-2013)“…Globular clusters display significant variations in their light-element content, pointing to the existence of a second stellar generation formed from the…”
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Improved astrophysical rate for the 18O(p,α)15N reaction by underground measurements
Published in Physics letters. B (01-03-2019)“…The 18O(p,α)15N reaction affects the synthesis of 15N, 18O and 19F isotopes, whose abundances can be used to probe the nucleosynthesis and mixing processes…”
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Cross section of the reaction 18O(p,γ)19F at astrophysical energies: The 90 keV resonance and the direct capture component
Published in Physics letters. B (01-10-2019)“…The observation of oxygen isotopes in giant stars sheds light on mixing processes operating in their interiors. Due to the very strong correlation between…”
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Direct measurements of low-energy resonance strengths of the 23Na(p,γ)24Mg reaction for astrophysics
Published in Physics letters. B (01-08-2019)“…The NeNa and the MgAl cycles play a fundamental role in the nucleosynthesis of asymptotic giant branch stars undergoing hot bottom burning. The Na23(p,γ)24Mg…”
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The 95Zr(n, γ)96Zr Cross Section from the Surrogate Ratio Method and Its Effect on s-process Nucleosynthesis
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-10-2017)“…The 95Zr(n, γ)96Zr reaction cross section is crucial in the modeling of s-process nucleosynthesis in asymptotic giant branch stars because it controls the…”
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Progress of Underground Nuclear Astrophysics Experiment JUNA in China
Published in Few-body systems (01-06-2022)“…Underground Nuclear Astrophysics Experiment in China (JUNA) takes the advantage of the ultra-low background in Jinping underground lab. High current mA level…”
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Isotopic Compositions of Strontium, Zirconium, Molybdenum, and Barium in Single Presolar SiC Grains and Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-08-2003)“…The strontium, zirconium, molybdenum, and barium isotopic compositions predicted in the mass-losing envelopes of asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars of solar…”
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A new approach to monitor 13C-targets degradation in situ for 13C(α,n)16O cross-section measurements at LUNA
Published in The European physical journal. A, Hadrons and nuclei (2020)“…Direct measurements of reaction cross-sections at astrophysical energies often require the use of solid targets able to withstand high ion beam currents for…”
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