The NSF has approved the S4 funding for the
development of an underground accelerator facility at DUSEL.
The main goal of the facility is the measurement of low energy
reaction cross sections of relevance for stellar nucleosynthesis
processes. The Dakota
Ion Accelerators for Nuclear Astrophysics DIANA will consist
of two accelerators to cover a broader energy range than presently
possible at the LUNA facility at the Gran Sasso underground
laboratory in Italy. --- Read
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