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Few-Nucleon Reactions of Astrophysical Interest: A Review

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Nuclei in the Cosmos XV

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We review the theoretical studies of the proton-deuteron and \(\alpha \)-deuteron radiative captures. The two theoretical frameworks used, the ab-initio and the cluster approach, respectively, are also briefly discussed.

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Marcucci, L.E., Gnech, A., Grassi, A. (2019). Few-Nucleon Reactions of Astrophysical Interest: A Review. In: Formicola, A., Junker, M., Gialanella, L., Imbriani, G. (eds) Nuclei in the Cosmos XV. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 219. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13876-9_10

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