Indirect measurements of astrophysical cross sections with radioactive isotope beams Original Research Article

A new method employing intermediate-energy Coulomb dissociation has been applied to nuclear astrophysics studies using fast radioactive-isotope (RI) beams. This method helps to overcome the low intensity and low emittance of the beams. Extraction of the asymptotic normalization coefficient (ANC) through nucleon transfer reactions is also useful for certain astrophysical reactions. Recent studies on several reactions involved in steady and explosive hydrogen burning are presented.