Abstract
In this contribution a brief overview of the status and recent developments of ab-initio studies of nuclear reactions of astrophysical interest is presented.
Highlights
The study of nuclear reactions occurring in the cosmos are one of the primary goal of nuclear physics
The states |Ψi and |Ψf have to be calculated as solutions of H|Ψx = Ex|Ψx, where x = i, f (Ei and Ef are energies of the initial and final nuclear states, respectively), namely by fully taking into account the dynamics due to the strong interaction between the nucleons and the distortion induced by the long-range Coulomb interaction between the protons
In Subsect. 2.2 we extend the discussion to the nuclear EM and weak interactions entering HI
Summary
The study of nuclear reactions occurring in the cosmos are one of the primary goal of nuclear physics. Since the reactions occurring in the cosmos are driven from strong, electro-magnetic (EM), and weak forces, it is necessary, in order to obtain accurate estimates of the reaction rates, to take care of the following issues: i) it is necessary to well understand the nature of the strong nucleon-nucleon (NN) and of three-nucleon (3N) interactions; ii) a consistent theory for the interaction of nucleons with EM and weak probes (nuclear EM and weak currents) is required; iii) we need to develop reliable and sophisticated methods for taking into account the nuclear structure of the nuclei entering the reactions, and their initial/final state interactions.
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