Laboratory Measurements of Explosive Nucleosynthesis

The determination of reaction rates involving radioactive nuclei is essential for understanding explosive nucleosynthesis. This can involve direct studies using radioactive beams (e.g., $^{13}$N, $^{17}$F, $^{21}$Na, etc.) and/or indirect studies of the properties of residual systems and their particle decays (e.g., $^{19}$Ne*$\leftrightarrow ^{18}$F+p, $^{27}$Si*$\leftrightarrow ^{26m}$Al+p, $^{31}$S*$\leftrightarrow ^{30}$P+p, etc.). Examples of these types of studies and their complementarity will be discussed.