Indirect Methods in Nuclear Astrophysics
Date and time
Location
ECT*
Strada delle Tabarelle, 286 38123 Trento ItalyDescription
Indirect Methods in Nuclear Astrophysics
November 05 - 09, 2018
Organisers:
Livius Trache (“Horia Hulubei” National Institute for Physics and Nuclear)
Carlos Bertulani (Texas A&M University-Commerce)
Angela Bonaccorso (INFN Pisa)
Zsolt Fulop (MTA ATOMKI Debrecen)
Tohru Motobayashi (RIKEN - Nishina Center for Accelerator based Science - Wako)
Abstract
The workshop intends to identify the most promising indirect methods in nuclear
astrophysics, to discuss their particulars and to assess their reliability. We want a broad
discussion to:
-review the existing indirect methods
-assess the problems with their accuracy, in particular those arising from the calculated
absolute values
-emphasize the need for modern codes
-assess the sets of parameters to use in calculations. Physicists working on stellar modeling
together with theoreticians and experimentalists working in nuclear physics for astrophysics
will meet with the purpose of identifying stellar scenarios needing nuclear reaction data that
make sizable difference in stellar evolution and the optimal methods to obtain them. Such
discussions are crucial for reliably using indirect methods for nuclear astrophysics and even
to validate the very existence of many Rare Isotope Beams facilities which rely on them as
one of as their main areas of research.
Organized by
The European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas (ECT*) in Trento (Italy) provides a dedicated and structured combination of scientific activities for a large international scientific community. ECT* acts as an "intellectual" centre of competence, complementary in scope and activities to existing research facilities based at universities or experimental laboratories. It promotes coordination of European research efforts in nuclear physics and related research areas.