Nuclear Reactions

• notation
• energetics and Q-value
• basic physics: direct vs compound

Nuclear Astrophysics Experiments

• Argonne, Illinois!
• Michigan State, East Lansing
• TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada:
  view inside the cyclotron
• RIKEN, Japan
• LUNA, Gran Sasso, Italy
• CERN: n_TOF, ISOLDE; Geneva Switzerland

Cross Sections and Reaction Rates

• cross section
• thermonuclear rates
• astrophysical S-factor
• Example: ³He(a,g)⁷Be