Intense /sup 13/N radioactive ion beams have been produced by the two-accelerator method. They have been used to investigate the /sup 13/N(/b p/, gamma )/sup 14/O reaction, in particular to measure directly its cross section in the energy region of interest in nuclear astrophysics. The results of a complete set of experiments thereby carried out on this reaction allowed the determining of the stellar conditions under which the cold and hot CNO cycles, for the nuclear `burning' of hydrogen and its transformation into helium, dominate.
Delbar, T., Galster, W., Leleux, P., Licot, I., Lienard, E., Lipnik, P., Loiselet, M., Michotte, C., Ryckewaert, G., Vervier, J., Decrock, P., Huyse, M., Van Duppen, P., & Vanhorenbeeck, J. (1993). Investigation of the /sup 13/N(/b p/, gamma )/sup 14/O reaction using /sup 13/N radioactive ion beams. Physical Review C (Nuclear Physics), 48(6), 3088-3096. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/148812 (Original work published 1993)