Inexplosive stellar hydrogen burning, the hot CNO cycles and the rp-process are mainly linked by the reaction sequence O-15(alpha,gamma) Ne-19(p,gamma)Na-20. Using intense Ne-19 radioactive beams, both the Ne-19(p,gamma) and the Ne-19(d,n) reaction have been studied. Upper and lower limits for the Ne-19(p,gamma) reaction rate have been deduced, allowing to conclude that the O-15(alpha,gamma) reaction is most likely the bottleneck reaction.
Michotte, C., Bain, CR., Binon, F., Coszach, R., Davinson, T., Decrock, P., Delbar, T., Duhamel, P., Gaelens, M., Galster, W., Graulich, JS., Huyse, M., Leleux, P., Lienard, E., Lipnik, P., Ninane, A., Shotter, AC., Sukosd, C., Vancraeynest, G., et al. (1996). New limits for the Ne-19(p,gamma)Na-20 astrophysical reaction rate from direct measurements using radioactive beams. Physics Letters. Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 381(4), 402-406. https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(96)00618-1 (Original work published 1996)