Deep Underground Astrophysics

This is a neat experiment that up to now I was not familiar.  They measure various astrophysically important reactions at the energies within stars.   Of course the reaction rates are terribly small (otherwise stars wouldn't last very long, would they), so the experiments are performed deep underground in the Gran Sasso tunnel in central Italy to reduce background contamination.

arXiv:1010.4165 (cross-list from nucl-ex) [pdf, ps, other] Title: LUNA: Nuclear Astrophysics Deep Underground