Recent measurements with the Rhinoceros Gas Target at Notre Dame

The combination of the Rhinoceros windowless gas target with the 5U high-current accelerator at the Notre Dame Nuclear Science Lab provides an ideal tool for measuring cross sections of astrophysical interest involving gaseous targets.  The beam/target interaction point is viewed by arrays of highly-collimated silicon detectors and Ge detectors for the measurement of multiple reaction products.  Rhino was brought to Notre Dame in 2005 and was recently upgraded with a modern control system along with other improvements.  Recent measurements with Rhino include a study of the ²⁰Ne(α,p)²³Na reaction, which is of interest to nucleosynthesis in type 1a supernovae, and the ¹⁵N(α,γ)¹⁹F reaction to study ¹⁹Ne mirror levels affecting ¹⁸F production in novae.  The experimental system and recent results will be presented.