Experimental reaction rates are the necessary input for reliable nucleosynthesis calculations. As will be outlined at the example of the slow neutron capture process in asymptotic giant branch stars, such calculations represent crucial tests of stellar evolution models, which themselves constitute the basis for understanding the history of the Universe. AMS bears promising possibilities for measurements in this field, which would be extremely difficult otherwise.
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