ENASTRON The European Nuclear Astrophysics Network: A NuPECC Initiative for a European High-Current Stable Ion-Beam Facility Dedicated to Nuclear Astrophysics Studies

摘要

In December 2007, an expertworkshop on "The Future of StableBeams in Nuclear Astrophysics" tookplace at the Congress Center ofthe National Centre for ScientificResearch "Demokritos," Athens, Greece(www.inp.demokritos.gr/~ESFW). TheWorkshop was fully funded by theEuropean Science Foundation (ESF). Itwas attended by 25 scientists from 10different European countries. TheWorkshop covered the broad andinterdisciplinary field of NuclearAstrophysics and brought togetherexperimentalists and theoreticiansfrom the communities of nuclearphysics, astrophysics, astronomy, andaccelerator technology. The Work-shop focused on the importance ofstable ion-beams on Nuclear Astro-physics studies. The program includedpresentations on scientific problems ofkey importance for the understandingof stellar evolution and nucleosynthe-sis as well as reports on recent devel-opments in the existing ion-beamfacilities and their instrumentation.Half of the program was devoted toround-table discussions on (a) theneed to create a new low-energystable ion-beam facility in Europededicated to Nuclear Astrophysicsstudies, (b) the specifications the newfacility will have to meet in order toresolve outstanding open questions inNuclear Astrophysics, and (c) themajor scientific problems that can bestudied almost exclusively with stableion-beams.