Speaker
Carlos Bertulani
(TAMU - Commerce)
Description
I will discuss the longstanding puzzle of electron screening of nuclear reactions in the laboratory and within stars. A comparison between existing experimental data and multiple theories will be highlighted. I will focus on the modeling of nuclear/atomic reactions including (a) excitation, (b) ionization, (c) atomic transfer of electrons, (d) the role of stopping power at low energies and (e) applications of mean-field theories to electron screening in the stellar environments.
