Study of the 3He(d, p)4He reaction through the Trojan Horse Method

The astrophysically relevant 3He(d, p)4He reaction was indirectly studied by means of the Trojan Horse Method applied to the 6Li(3He, pα)4He three body process performed at 5 and 6 MeV. The bare astrophysical S(E)-factor extracted in Modified Plane Wave Born Approximation was compared with the free behaviour and an independent estimate of the screening potential was obtained, confirming the discrepancy with the adiabatic limit.