Uses of radioactive ion beams in astrophysical research

The radioactive ion beam facility presently being constructed at The Ohio State University is described. Experiments with it will utilize double scattering, the first of which produces the radioactive ion beam of interest, and the second of which produces the reaction of interest. The system is described using the 15O(α, γ)19Ne reaction as an example reaction study. A situation in nuclear burning which involves nuclear isomeric states, that involving the states of 34Cl, is described, and the considerations required for experimental study of the relevant reactions are given. (orig.)