Indirect study of the 16O+16O fusion reaction toward stellar energies by the Trojan Horse Method

The O-16+O-16 fusion reaction is important in terms of the explosive oxygen burning process during late evolution stage of massive stars as well as understanding of the mechanism of low-energy heavy-ion fusion reactions. We aim to determine the excitation function for the most major exit channels, alpha+Si-28 and p+P-31, toward stellar energies indirectly by the Trojan Horse Method via the O-16(Ne-20, alpha Si-28)alpha and O-16(Ne-20, p(31)P)alpha three-body reactions. We report preliminary results involving reaction identification, and determination of the momentum distribution of alpha-160 intercluster motion in the projectile Ne-20 nucleus.